Aged vs Ragged - What's the difference?
aged | ragged | Related terms |
(uncountable) Old people, collectively.
(age)
Having the age of. (primarily non-US)
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(rag)
Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.
Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged.
Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
* (rfdate) .
Wearing tattered clothes.
Rough; shaggy; rugged.
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Aged is a related term of ragged.
As adjectives the difference between aged and ragged
is that aged is while ragged is rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.As a verb ragged is
(rag).aged
English
Alternative forms
* (disyllabic only)Noun
(head)Verb
(head)Preposition
(English prepositions)- Aged 18, he had no idea what would happen next.
Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times :
- John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.
As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times :
- Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.
Anagrams
* *ragged
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a ragged coat
- a ragged sail
- ragged rocks
- A ragged noise of mirth.
- a ragged fellow
- What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?
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