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Populated vs Populate - What's the difference?

populated | populate |

As adjectives the difference between populated and populate

is that populated is supplied with inhabitants or content while populate is (obsolete) populous.

As verbs the difference between populated and populate

is that populated is (populate) while populate is to supply with inhabitants; to people.

populated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Supplied with inhabitants or content.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (populate)

    • populate

    English

    Verb

  • To supply with inhabitants; to people.
  • To live in; to inhabit.
  • To fill initially empty items in a collection.
    • John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) populous
    • (Francis Bacon)
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