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Moaned vs Meaned - What's the difference?

moaned | meaned |

As verbs the difference between moaned and meaned

is that moaned is (moan) while meaned is (mean).

As an adjective meaned is

(in combinations) having a specific type of mean (mathematical mean).

moaned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (moan)

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    moan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
    • Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].
  • * Prior
    • Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
  • (obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • which infinitely moans me
  • To make a moan or similar sound.
  • To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
    • ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned .
  • (colloquial) To complain; to grumble.

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    Derived terms

    * moaner * moany

    Related terms

    * bemoan

    See also

    * murmur * protest * lament

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    meaned

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (in combinations) Having a specific type of mean (mathematical mean)
  • * 1998 Harris M. Cooper, Synthesizing research: a guide for literature reviews? - Page 129
    • U3tells the percentage of the sample with the lower mean that was exceeded by 50% of the scores in the higher-meaned group.

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  • (mean)

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