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Gotten vs Been - What's the difference?

gotten | been |

As nouns the difference between gotten and been

is that gotten is while been is leg or been can be bone as a material.

gotten

English

Verb

(head)
  • (now mostly, North America, Irish, Northern British)
    • Usage notes
    The American and archaic British usage of the verb conjugates as get-got-gotten or as get-got-got depending on the meaning (see for details), whereas the modern British usage of the verb has largely lost this distinction and conjugates as get-got-got in most cases.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mostly in combination) obtained, acquired

    • Derived terms

    * ill-gotten English irregular past participles

    been

    English

    (wikipedia been)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) ybe (see y-).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) were
    • Assembled been a senate grave and stout. — Fairfax.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) been, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (head)

    • See also

    * for forms of be

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    References

    Vaux, Bert and Scott Golder. 2003. The Harvard Dialect Survey: been. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Linguistics Department. English auxiliary verb forms English irregular past participles English terms with homophones ----