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Granted vs Grate - What's the difference?

granted | grate |

As verbs the difference between granted and grate

is that granted is (grant) while grate is to cry or weep.

As an adverb granted

is .

As a preposition granted

is (used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument).

granted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (grant)
  • Given, awarded.
  • He was granted a patent on his invention.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • .
  • He's a good student and usually does well. Granted , he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.
    ''"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted ."

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument)
  • Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
    Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.

    Synonyms

    * (used to mark the premise of an argument) given

    See also

    * take for granted

    Anagrams

    *

    grate

    English

    Etymology 1

    (lena) grata, from (etyl) word for a hurdle; or (etyl) grata, of the same origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
  • The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
  • * Shakespeare
  • a secret grate of iron bars
  • A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
  • Synonyms
    * grille

    Verb

  • To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
  • to grate a window

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) Etymology] of kradse in [[:w:da:ODS, ODS] and Danish kratte.

    Verb

  • (cooking) To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.
  • To rub against, making a (usually unpleasant) squeaking sound.
  • * 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
  • The gate suddenly grated . It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had forgotten. He recognised Justin climbing over the wall, and at last knew who was the culprit who stole his potatoes.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
  • (by extension) To ; to irritate or annoy.
  • (by extension, transitive, obsolete) To annoy.
  • * Shakespeare
  • News, my good lord Rome grates me.
    Derived terms
    * grater * grating * gratings * grate upon

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) (lena) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
  • References

    Anagrams

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