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Wedged vs Hedged - What's the difference?

wedged | hedged |

As verbs the difference between wedged and hedged

is that wedged is past tense of wedge while hedged is past tense of hedge.

As an adjective hedged is

offset by another financial asset.

wedged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wedge)
  • (Internet) In a web-server context, to be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help.

    • Usage notes

    * (Internet) This is different from having crashed, in that, if the system has crashed, it has become totally non-functioning and will not respond to any probes; it will seem to be offline, disconnected, or powered down. If a server is wedged, it will respond to minor probes or requests, but will not be able to completely service the request to completion.

    hedged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hedge)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (finance) Offset by another financial asset.