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Minced vs Minded - What's the difference?

minced | minded |

As verbs the difference between minced and minded

is that minced is past tense of mince while minded is past tense of mind.

As adjectives the difference between minced and minded

is that minced is finely chopped while minded is having a mind (inclination) for something.

minced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mince)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • finely chopped
  • minutely subdivided

    • minded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a mind (inclination) for something.
    • literary-minded
    literature-minded
  • Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act.
    • 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-minded

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mind)

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