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Memorized vs Memorable - What's the difference?

memorized | memorable |

As a verb memorized

is (memorize).

As an adjective memorable is

memorable.

memorized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (memorize)

    • memorize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) memorise

    Verb

  • to learn by heart, commit to memory
  • *
  • * 2009 , A Practical Study of Argument (ISBN 0495603406), page 123:
    • Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.
  • * 2009 , Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy (ISBN 006197157X), page 258:
    • She was so used to the way he moved—they'd been practicing together for years, and she'd memorized the way his body worked.

    Derived terms

    * memorization

    memorable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
    • Surviving fame to gain, By tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. -.

    Derived terms

    * memorableness * memorability * memorably