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Prefined vs Prefixed - What's the difference?

prefined | prefixed |

As verbs the difference between prefined and prefixed

is that prefined is (prefine) while prefixed is (prefix).

As an adjective prefixed is

having a (specified) prefix.

prefined

English

Verb

(head)
  • (prefine)

    • prefine

    English

    Verb

    (prefin)
  • (obsolete) To limit beforehand.
  • * 1610 , Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes
    • prefining unto itself no other limits than the uttermost bounds of the earth
    (Webster 1913)

    prefixed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (all archaic)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having a (specified) prefix.
  • Added as a prefix.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (prefix)