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Indented vs Invented - What's the difference?

indented | invented |

As verbs the difference between indented and invented

is that indented is past tense of indent while invented is past tense of invent.

As adjectives the difference between indented and invented

is that indented is cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface while invented is fictional, made up, imaginary.

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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    invented

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fictional, made up, imaginary.
    • The invented alibi didn't stand up long.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (invent)