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Expurgated vs Abridged - What's the difference?

expurgated | abridged |

As adjectives the difference between expurgated and abridged

is that expurgated is having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed while abridged is cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

As verbs the difference between expurgated and abridged

is that expurgated is past tense of expurgate while abridged is past tense of abridge.

expurgated

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (expurgate)

    • abridged

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
    • The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.

    Related terms

    * unabridged

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abridge)

    • Anagrams

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