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Proved vs Displayed - What's the difference?

proved | displayed |

As verbs the difference between proved and displayed

is that proved is past tense of prove while displayed is past tense of display.

As an adjective displayed is

spread out; unfurled.

proved

English

Verb

(head)
  • (prove)

    • Usage notes

    Synonyms

    * proven (proscribed)

    Statistics

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    displayed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (display)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Spread out; unfurled.
  • * 1955 , William Golding, The Inheritors , Faber and Faber 2005, p. 11:
    • They threw him round the displayed roots of the beeches, leapt when a puddle of water lay across the trail.
  • Spread open to view; shown off.
  • (heraldry) With wings unfurled.
  • (typography) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.