Intended vs Instructed - What's the difference?
intended | instructed |
Planned.
* 2002', United States General Accounting Office, ''Report to congressional committees: Foreign assistance'' read at on 14 May 2006 - Funds were spent for ' intended purposes and not misused.
(obsolete) Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
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*1899 ,
*:His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended .
* 2005', Mori, on ''In Passing'' messageboard read at [
(intend)
* 1917', Joseph Conrad, ''Victory'' read at on 14 May 2006 - His purpose was to discover how long these guests ' intended to stay.
(instruct)
(label) to teach by giving instructions
(label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")
(label) arranged; furnished; provided
* Chapman
(label) instructed; taught; enlightened
As verbs the difference between intended and instructed
is that intended is past tense of intend while instructed is past tense of instruct.As an adjective intended
is planned.As a noun intended
is fiancé or fiancée.intended
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* unintendedNoun
(en noun)on 16 May 2006, ''Pffft'' - We both hated using that word [fiancé, and were constantly trying to use alternatives such as "betrothed" and "' intended "
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*instructed
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(head)instruct
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* guideAdjective
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