Heeded vs Deeded - What's the difference?

heeded | deeded |

As verbs the difference between heeded and deeded

is that heeded is past tense of heed while deeded is past tense of deed.

heeded

English

Verb

(head)

(heed)

heed

English

Noun

(-)

Careful attention.

* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4

Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.

Usage notes

* Often used with give, pay or take.

Synonyms

* (careful attention) attention, notice, observation, regard

Verb

(en verb)

To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.

* Dryden

With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .

* 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, " Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):

Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.

(archaic) To pay attention, care.

deeded

English

Verb

(head)

(deed)

deed

English

Noun

(en noun)

An action or act; something that is done.

* Bible, Genesis xliv. 15

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?

A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.

* Spenser

knightly deeds

* Dryden

whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn

Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.

I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed .

(legal) A legal contract showing bond.

I inherited the deed to the house.

Synonyms

* (action) act, action

Derived terms

* indeed

Verb

(en verb)

(informal) To transfer real property by deed.

He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.

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