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Energized vs Powered - What's the difference?

energized | powered |

As verbs the difference between energized and powered

is that energized is past tense of energize while powered is past tense of power.

As an adjective powered is

self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.

energized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (energize)
  • Anagrams

    *

    energize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (Commonwealth English ) energise

    Verb

    (energiz)
  • To invigorate, to make energetic.
  • To supply with energy, especially electricity. To turn on power to something.
  • Whenever we energize that circuit we blow a fuse.
  • (obsolete) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
  • * J. C. Shairp
  • Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards.

    powered

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a device) Self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.
  • * 2007 , John W. Diers and Aaron Isaacs, Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul , University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0-8166-4358-X, page 145,
  • Around the same time, TCRT experimented with removing the motors on one of its older cars, turning it into an unpowered trailer that could be towed behind a powered car.

    Derived terms

    * battery-powered

    Verb

    (head)
  • (power)