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Ragged vs Frayed - What's the difference?

ragged | frayed |

As verbs the difference between ragged and frayed

is that ragged is (rag) while frayed is (fray).

As adjectives the difference between ragged and frayed

is that ragged is rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken while frayed is unravelled, worn at the end or edge.

ragged

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(head)
  • (rag)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.
    • a ragged coat
    a ragged sail
  • Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged.
    • ragged rocks
  • Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
  • * (rfdate) .
    • A ragged noise of mirth.
  • Wearing tattered clothes.
    • a ragged fellow
  • Rough; shaggy; rugged.
  • * (rfdate), .
    • What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 19 , author=Paul fletcher , title=Blackpool 1-2 West Ham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched and ragged .}}

    Derived terms

    * ragged lady * raggedly * raggedness * ragged robin * ragged sailor * ragged school

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    frayed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unravelled, worn at the end or edge.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fray)

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