What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Ladled vs Ladied - What's the difference?

ladled | ladied |

As a verb ladled

is past tense of ladle.

As an adjective ladied is

ladylike; not rough; gentle.

ladled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ladle)

    • ladle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle.
  • * Boyle
    • When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off with ladles .
  • A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.
  • The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.
  • An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
  • A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.

    • Synonyms

    * (deep-bowled spoon) dipper

    Derived terms

    * frying ladle

    Verb

  • to serve something with a ladle

    • Anagrams

    *

    References

    English words suffixed with -le

    ladied

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) ladylike; not rough; gentle
    • Stroked with a ladied hand. — Feltham.
    (Webster 1913)