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Recessed vs Indented - What's the difference?

recessed | indented |

As adjectives the difference between recessed and indented

is that recessed is set back; located in a hole, space, or opening while indented is cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

As verbs the difference between recessed and indented

is that recessed is (recess) while indented is (indent).

recessed

English

Adjective

(head)
  • set back; located in a hole, space, or opening.
  • withdrawn; secluded
  • * (Maria Edgeworth)
    • comfortably recessed from curious impertinents

    Verb

    (head)
  • (recess)

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    indented

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (indent)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
  • Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
    • (Milton)
  • * 1599 , , IV. iii. 113:
    • it unlinked itself / And with indented glides did slip away / Into a bush:
  • (heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
    • an indented border or ordinary
  • Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
    • an indented servant
  • (zoology) Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.

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