Powerful vs Powered - What's the difference?
powerful | powered |
Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
* (William Shakespeare)
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, chapter=19 (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
(of a device) Self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.
* 2007 , John W. Diers and Aaron Isaacs, Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul , University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0-8166-4358-X, page 145,
(power)
As adjectives the difference between powerful and powered
is that powerful is having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence while powered is (of a device) self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.As a verb powered is
(power).powerful
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Alternative forms
* powerfull * powreful * powrefullAdjective
(en-adj)- The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
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Synonyms
* * *Antonyms
* *powered
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Adjective
(-)- Around the same time, TCRT experimented with removing the motors on one of its older cars, turning it into an unpowered trailer that could be towed behind a powered car.