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Passed vs Handed - What's the difference?

passed | handed |

As verbs the difference between passed and handed

is that passed is past tense of pass while handed is past tense of hand.

As adjectives the difference between passed and handed

is that passed is that has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations) while handed is with hands joined; hand in hand.

passed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pass)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • That has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).
  • That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified.
  • Derived terms

    * passed pawn

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    handed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • With hands joined; hand in hand.
  • *
  • (in combination) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
  • *
  • Derived terms

    * back-handed * barehanded * bloody-handed * both-handed * broken-handed * cack-handed * car-handed * clean-handed * close-handed * coarse-handed * crabbed-handed * cross-handed * dead-handed * deadly-handed * deft-handed * delicate-handed * dirty-handed * double-handed * doughty-handed * dry-handed * empty-handed * even-handed * fair-handed * fast-handed * forehanded * four-handed * frank-handed * free-handed * full-handed * gawk-handed * gentle-handed * glad-handed * gouty-handed * gripe-handed * gripple-handed * ham-handed * hard-handed * heavy-handed * high-handed * hook-handed * horny-handed * hundred-handed * idle-handed * iron-handed * katy-handed * keck-handed * lady-handed * large-handed * left-handed * level-handed * light-handed * lily-handed * loose-handed * lusty-handed * many-handed * Marlborough-handed * mighty-handed * million-handed * mob-handed * myriad-handed * naked-handed * neat-handed * nimble-handed * numb-handed * off-handed * one-handed * open-handed * overhanded * partan-handed * pink-handed * powerful-handed * quick-handed * ready-handed * red-handed * right-handed * room-handed * scram-handed * second-handed * short-handed * shovel-handed * side-handed * single-handed * slack-handed * sleight-handed * spade-handed * spare-handed * steady-handed * strait-handed * strong-handed * sure-handed * swift-handed * tender-handed * thousand-handed * three-handed * toom-handed * tway-handed * two-handed * underhanded * weak-handed * well-handed * white-handed * wide-handed * worldly-handed * yare-handed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hand)