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Prized vs Prided - What's the difference?

prized | prided |

As verbs the difference between prized and prided

is that prized is past tense of prize while prided is past tense of pride.

As an adjective prized

is highly valued, cherished.

prized

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Highly valued, cherished.
    • His prized possession was his child.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prize)

    • prided

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pride)
  • * 1820 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow , Washington Irving
  • *:"Ichobod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person."