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Kept vs Held - What's the difference?

kept | held |

As verbs the difference between kept and held

is that kept is past tense of keep while held is past tense of hold.

kept

English

Verb

(head)
  • (keep)

    • Derived terms

    * kept man * kept woman

    Statistics

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms

    held

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hold)

    • Statistics

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms ----