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Excavate vs Excavated - What's the difference?

excavate | excavated |

As verbs the difference between excavate and excavated

is that excavate is to make a hole in (something); to hollow while excavated is past tense of excavate.

As a noun excavate

is any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

excavate

English

Etymology 1

Known since 1599, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
  • To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
  • To uncover (something) by removing its covering.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (wikipedia excavate) (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
  • References

    * (EtymOnLine) ----

    excavated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (excavate)

  • excavate

    English

    Etymology 1

    Known since 1599, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
  • To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
  • To uncover (something) by removing its covering.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (wikipedia excavate) (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
  • References

    * (EtymOnLine) ----