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Festered vs Fettered - What's the difference?

festered | fettered |

As verbs the difference between festered and fettered

is that festered is past tense of fester while fettered is past tense of fetter.

As an adjective fettered is

bound by chains or shackles.

festered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fester)

    • fester

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become septic; to become rotten.
  • * Milton
    • Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
  • To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
    • Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
  • * Macaulay
    • Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
  • To cause to fester or rankle.
  • * Marston
    • For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.

    Anagrams

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    fettered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fetter)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Bound by chains or shackles
  • (by extension) Restricted

    • Synonyms

    * (bound by chains) bound, chained, shackled * (restricted) restricted

    Antonyms

    * unfettered