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Indented vs Serrated - What's the difference?

indented | serrated |

As adjectives the difference between indented and serrated

is that indented is cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface while serrated is saw-like.

As a verb indented

is past tense of indent.

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.

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    serrated

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • saw-like.
    • That knife has a serrated blade.
  • Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections.
    • Maple leaves have serrated edges.

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