Minded vs Mended - What's the difference?
minded | mended |
Having a mind (inclination) for something.
Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act.
(mind)
(mend)
A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
The act of repairing.
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
* Sir W. Temple
To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
* Mortimer
* Shakespeare
To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
As verbs the difference between minded and mended
is that minded is (mind) while mended is (mend).As an adjective minded
is having a mind (inclination) for something.minded
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- literary-minded
- literature-minded
- I am minded to refuse the request.
Usage notes
This adjective is used * in sense 1 , only with a preceding word describing the object of the inclination, and the two are usually hyphenated. * in sense 2 , only in the construction to be minded to do something.Derived terms
* broad-minded * civic-minded * high-minded * right-minded * small-minded * tough-mindedVerb
(head)Anagrams
*mended
English
Verb
(head)mend
English
Noun
(en noun)- My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend .
Derived terms
* on the mendVerb
(en verb)- My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending .
- When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended .
- Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.
- My broken heart was mended .
- The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it.
- Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.
- You mend the jewel by wearing it.