Locked vs Sealed - What's the difference?

locked | sealed |

As verbs the difference between locked and sealed

is that locked is past tense of lock while sealed is past tense of seal.

As adjectives the difference between locked and sealed

is that locked is of a door, etc, that has been locked (with a key) while sealed is closed by a seal.

locked

English

Verb

(head)

(lock)

Adjective

(-)

Of a door, etc, that has been locked (with a key).

(Dublin) Very drunk.A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English, Terence Patrick Dolan , p.142.

sealed

English

Verb

(head)

(seal)

Adjective

(-)

Closed by a seal.

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Preventing entrance.

(computing, object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.

Synonyms

* (preventing entrance) impermeable

Derived terms

* heat-sealed * hermetically sealed * keep one's lips sealed * my lips are sealed * sealed battery * sealed-beam headlight * sealed bearing * sealed bid * sealed book * sealed cabin * sealed crustless sandwich * sealed earth * sealed indictment * sealed instrument * sealed jar technique * Sealed Knot * sealed off, sealed-off * sealed orders * sealed pattern * sealed porter * sealed record * sealed refrigeration compressor * sealed room * sealed round * sealed second-price auction * sealed server * sealed source * sealed system * sealed unit * sealed verdict * * tar-sealed * unsealed

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