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Endowed vs Born - What's the difference?

endowed | born |

As a verb endowed

is (endow).

As an adjective endowed

is pertaining to an endowment, as with an endowed chair at a university.

As a noun born is

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endowed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (endow)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to an endowment, as with an endowed chair at a university.
  • Derived terms

    * well-endowed

    born

    English

    (wikipedia born)

    Etymology 1

    From the verb (term).

    Verb

    (head)
  • ; given birth to.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
  • * 1942 , Storm Jameson, Then we shall hear singing: a fantasy in C major
  • I ought really to have called him my sergeant. He's a born' sergeant. That's as much as to say he's a ' born scoundrel.
    Derived terms
    * born in a barn * born leader * born loser * born killer * born-again * firstborn * highborn * low-born * newborn * stillborn * twice-born
    See also
    * borne

    Etymology 2

    Dialectal variant of (burn).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie) A stream.
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    Verb

  • (Geordie) With fire.
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