Rated vs Rafted - What's the difference?
rated | rafted |
(rate)
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.1:
* 1849 , , Shirley :
(raft)
A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergencies or a platform for swimmers.
A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.
A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals.
(US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
(slang, informal) A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
* W. D. Howells
A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
* 2007 , Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon , Blue Bridge 2008, p. 31:
(reave)
As verbs the difference between rated and rafted
is that rated is (rate) while rafted is (raft).As an adjective rated
is .rated
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Verb
(head)Derived terms
* (l)Adjective
(en adjective)- He tooke it up, and thence with him did beare, / As rated Spaniell takes his burden up for feare.
- He merely passed by sheepishly with a rated , scowling look.
Anagrams
*rafted
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(head)Anagrams
* *raft
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(wikipedia raft)Etymology 1
From Scandinavian; compare West (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a whole raft of folks
Derived terms
* life raftEtymology 2
Alteration of (raff).Noun
(en noun)- Among those arrested was the grand master himself, Jacques de Molay, who found himself facing a raft of charges based on the specious evidence of former knights [...].
Etymology 3
Verb
(head)- (Spenser)
