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Honed vs Developed - What's the difference?

honed | developed |

As adjectives the difference between honed and developed

is that honed is made sharp while developed is not primitive; not third world.

As verbs the difference between honed and developed

is that honed is past tense of hone while developed is past tense of develop.

honed

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Made sharp.
  • Made more accurate or precise.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (hone)
  • Anagrams

    *

    developed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (said of a country) Not primitive; not third world.
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  • Mature.
  • Derived terms

    * overdeveloped * underdeveloped

    Verb

    (head)
  • (develop)