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Operated vs Operant - What's the difference?

operated | operant |

As verbs the difference between operated and operant

is that operated is (operate) while operant is .

As an adjective operated

is (in combination) operated by the means specified eg a battery-operated toy.

operated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (operate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy

    • Derived terms

    * battery-operated * coin-operated

    operant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That operates to produce an effect.
  • * Shakespeare
    • thy most operant poison
  • * 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 117:
    • I tell you frankly, if Paul Aubry is guilty I hope is convicted and punished; but if one of the others is guilty I hope he—or she—is punished, and if I knew anything operant to that end I certainly would not withhold it.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An operative person or thing.
  • (psychology) Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.

    • Derived terms

    * inoperant * operancy * operant conditioning

    Antonyms

    * inoperant

    See also

    * Skinner box

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