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Powered vs Towered - What's the difference?

powered | towered |

As adjectives the difference between powered and towered

is that 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 while towered is equipped with a tower.

As verbs the difference between powered and towered

is that powered is (power) while towered is (tower).

powered

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (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,
    • 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.

    Derived terms

    * battery-powered

    Verb

    (head)
  • (power)

    • towered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tower)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Equipped with a tower.

    • Antonyms

    * nontowered * towerless