Operated vs Conduced - What's the difference?
operated | conduced |
(operate)
(in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy
(conduce)
To contribute or lead to a specific result.
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* 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 343:
As verbs the difference between operated and conduced
is that operated is (operate) while conduced is (conduce).As an adjective operated
is (in combination) operated by the means specified eg a battery-operated toy.operated
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* battery-operated * coin-operatedconduced
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(head)conduce
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(conduc)- He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.
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- There was thus a strong tendency to assume that obedience to God's commandments could conduce to prosperity and safety.
- Anecdotes aside, many historians are skeptical that trade, as a general rule, conduces to peace.