Possession vs Possessed - What's the difference?
possession | possessed |
Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
Something that is owned.
Ownership]]; [[take, taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
A territory under the rule of another country.
The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
* Shakespeare
(sports) Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
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(linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
(possess)
by evil spirits.
Seized by powerful emotions.
* 1719 , :
Having; owning.
*1854 , Dickens, Hard Times :
*:'Girl number twenty unable to define a horse!' said Mr Gradgrind, for the general behoof of all the little pitchers. 'Girl number twenty possessed of no facts, in reference to one of the commonest of animals!'
As verbs the difference between possession and possessed
is that possession is (obsolete) to invest with property while possessed is (possess).As a noun possession
is control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.As an adjective possessed is
by evil spirits.possession
English
Noun
(wikipedia possession) (en noun)- The car quickly became his most prized possession .
- I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
- The car is in my possession .
- I'm in possession of the car.
- Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions .
- Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession .
- How long hath this possession held the man?
- The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession .
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- Some languages distinguish between a construction like 'my car', which shows alienable possession''' — the car could become someone else's — and one like 'my foot', which has inalienable '''possession — my foot will always be mine.
Usage notes
* One who possesses is often said to have possession (of)'', ''hold possession (of)'', or ''be in possession (of) . * One who acquires is often said to take possession (of)'', ''gain possession (of)'', or ''come into possession (of) .Synonyms
* ight (obsolete) * owndom, retention * See alsoAntonyms
* absenceStatistics
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English
(wikipedia possessed)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil.
- Oh, what ridiculous resolutions men take when possessed with fear!
- The president was possessed of great wealth.