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Gnarled vs Undefined - What's the difference?

gnarled | undefined |

As adjectives the difference between gnarled and undefined

is that gnarled is knotty and misshapen while undefined is lacking a definition or value.

As a verb gnarled

is (gnarl) or gnarled can be (gnarl).

gnarled

English

Etymology 1

First attested Shakespeare 1603: : Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable [unwedgable] and gnarled Oke [oak]. : Measure for Measure, Act II, scene ii, line 116 Variant of knurled,OEDBarnhart from knurl. Surface analysis is is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century.

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Knotty and misshapen.
  • *
  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
  • Made rough by age or hard work.
  • Synonyms
    * gnarly
    Derived terms
    * gnarl

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gnarl)
  • Etymology 2

    See (gnarl)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gnarl)
  • References

    Anagrams

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    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
  • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined