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Defined vs Established - What's the difference?

defined | established |

As verbs the difference between defined and established

is that defined is (define) while established is (establish).

As adjectives the difference between defined and established

is that defined is having a definition or value while established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

defined

English

(wikipedia defined)

Verb

(head)
  • (define)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a definition or value.
  • (bodybuilding) Having extreme muscle separation as a result of low body fat.

    • Antonyms

    * (having a definition or value) undefined

    Related terms

    * definition

    established

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (establish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
    • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

    • Derived terms

    * established church * long-established

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)