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Marooned vs Stranded - What's the difference?

marooned | stranded |

As verbs the difference between marooned and stranded

is that marooned is past tense of maroon while stranded is past tense of strand.

As an adjective stranded is

abandoned or marooned.

marooned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (maroon)

    • maroon

    English

    Etymology 1

    Derived from the American-Spanish , meaning “fugitive,” “wild”, “untamed”.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An escaped slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
  • A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

    • Derived terms

    * marooner

    External links

    * A good short account of the "Bush Negroes" in Suriname

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a maroon color

    • See also

    *

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.

    • Etymology 4

    From an intentional mispronunciation of the word (moron) used by the cartoon character .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
  • * 2011 , S. Watts Taylor, Tarnish , iUniverse (2011), ISBN 9781462002023, page 21:
    • At least, I would not be sleeping that night. Why did I have that espresso? What a maroon !
    Synonyms
    * See also . * See also .

    Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies

    stranded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (strand)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (of a person) abandoned or marooned.
  • (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
  • (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.
  • expenses or costs which have become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
  • * With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.

    • References

    * FM 55-501 Marine Crewman’s Handbook

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