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Jaded vs Ragged - What's the difference?

jaded | ragged |

As adjectives the difference between jaded and ragged

is that jaded is worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience while ragged is rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.

As verbs the difference between jaded and ragged

is that jaded is (jade) while ragged is (rag).

jaded

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.
  • Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

    • Synonyms

    * (worn out) exhausted, fatigued, wearied — see also *

    Related terms

    * jade

    Verb

    (head)
  • (jade)

    • References

    ragged

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rag)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.
    • a ragged coat
    a ragged sail
  • Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged.
    • ragged rocks
  • Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
  • * (rfdate) .
    • A ragged noise of mirth.
  • Wearing tattered clothes.
    • a ragged fellow
  • Rough; shaggy; rugged.
  • * (rfdate), .
    • What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 19 , author=Paul fletcher , title=Blackpool 1-2 West Ham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched and ragged .}}

    Derived terms

    * ragged lady * raggedly * raggedness * ragged robin * ragged sailor * ragged school

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    * English heteronyms