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Magnifying vs Magnified - What's the difference?

magnifying | magnified |

As verbs the difference between magnifying and magnified

is that magnifying is present participle of lang=en while magnified is past tense of magnify.

As an adjective magnified is

having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.

magnifying

English

Verb

(head)

    • magnified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
    • The image was magnified by eight times.

    Synonyms

    * enlarged

    Verb

    (head)
  • (magnify)