Moored vs Stopped - What's the difference?
moored | stopped |
(moor)
an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
* Carew
a game preserve consisting of moorland
To cast anchor or become fastened.
(nautical) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream''; ''they moored the boat to the wharf .
To secure or fix firmly.
(stop)
(of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;
(more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
(of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
(of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
(phonetics) Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b'', ''d'', ''p'', and ''t .
As verbs the difference between moored and stopped
is that moored is past tense of moor while stopped is past tense of stop.As an adjective stopped is
not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.moored
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *moor
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Usage notes
(more) is not a homophone in Northern UK accents, while (mooer) is homophonous only in those accents.Etymology 1
(etyl) . See (m).Noun
(en noun)- A cold, biting wind blew across the moor , and the travellers hastened their step.
- In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor .
Derived terms
* moorland * moortopSee also
* bog * marsh * swampEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
* * English terms with multiple etymologies ----stopped
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- We were stopped for more than three hours!
- ''They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
- A stopped clock is right twice a day.
