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Penned vs Written - What's the difference?

penned | written |

As verbs the difference between penned and written

is that penned is past tense of pen while written is past participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between penned and written

is that penned is winged; having plumes while written is of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written.

penned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pen)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) winged; having plumes

    • written

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)
    • I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
  • That was written.

    • Derived terms

    * unwritten, writtenness, unwrittenness

    Quotations

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    Antonyms

    * oral * verbal

    Derived terms

    * hand-written

    Verb

    (head)
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    * English adjectives ending in -en