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Indented vs Indebted - What's the difference?

indented | indebted |

As verbs the difference between indented and indebted

is that indented is (indent) while indebted is (indebt).

As adjectives the difference between indented and indebted

is that indented is cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface while indebted is obligated, especially financially.

indented

English

Verb

(head)
  • (indent)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
  • Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
    • (Milton)
  • * 1599 , , IV. iii. 113:
    • it unlinked itself / And with indented glides did slip away / Into a bush:
  • (heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
    • an indented border or ordinary
  • Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
    • an indented servant
  • (zoology) Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.

    • Anagrams

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    indebted

    English

    Alternative forms

    * endebted (obsolete)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (indebt)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obligated, especially financially.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And Ferguson was largely indebted to young keeper David de Gea, who has had his critics this season but made crucial saves to keep United in contention as they came under concerted pressure in the closing stages.}}

    Synonyms

    * beholden * obliged