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Lacerated vs Lacerate - What's the difference?

lacerated | lacerate |

As adjectives the difference between lacerated and lacerate

is that lacerated is having lacerations while lacerate is (botany) jagged, as if torn or lacerated.

As verbs the difference between lacerated and lacerate

is that lacerated is (lacerate) while lacerate is to tear, rip or wound.

lacerated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having lacerations
  • * 1845:
    • Master would keep this lacerated young woman tied up in this horrid situation four or five hours at a time.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lacerate)

    • lacerate

    English

    Verb

    (lacerat)
  • To tear, rip or wound.
  • To thoroughly defeat; to thrash
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=When the fixtures tumbled out of the computer for the start of a newly promoted season, Nigel Adkins must have wondered whether he had unknowingly broken any mirrors while walking under a ladder. Hot on the heels of a tough introduction to both Manchester clubs, a rampant Arsenal lacerated Southampton.}}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
    • The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.
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