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Minded vs Mindful - What's the difference?

minded | mindful |

As adjectives the difference between minded and mindful

is that minded is having a mind (inclination) for something while mindful is being aware ({{term|of}} something); attentive, heedful.

As a verb minded

is past tense of mind.

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)

    • Anagrams

    *

    mindful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mindefull, mindfull (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being aware ((of) something); attentive, heedful.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Alex McLeish, perhaps mindful of the flak he has been taking from sections of the Villa support for a perceived negative style of play, handed starts to wingers Charles N'Zogbia and Albrighton.}}
  • (obsolete) Inclined (to do something).
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.5:
  • *:These noble warriors, mindefull to pursew / The last daies purpose of their vowed fight, / Them selves thereto preparde in order dew […].

    • Antonyms

    * mindless * seat-of-the-pants

    Derived terms

    * mindfulness

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