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Interred vs Secreted - What's the difference?

interred | secreted |

As verbs the difference between interred and secreted

is that interred is (inter) while secreted is (us) (secret) or secreted can be (secrete).

As an adjective interred

is having been interred.

interred

English

Alternative forms

* intered (rare)

Adjective

(-)
  • Having been interred.
  • (of a buried corpse) Located.

    • Synonyms

    * (having been interred) belowground, buried, inhumed * (located) buried

    Antonyms

    * (having been interred) unburied

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inter)
  • * 1623 , William Shakespeare, King Henry V , Crown Publishers, Inc. (1975), page 509
    • I Richard's body have interred new, and on it have bestow'd more contrite tears than from it issu'd forced drops of blood...

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    secreted

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (secret)

    Alternative forms

    * secretted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (US) (secret)

    • Etymology 2

    From (secrete)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (secrete)

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    * English heteronyms