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Recorded vs Written - What's the difference?

recorded | written |

As verbs the difference between recorded and written

is that recorded is past tense of record while written is past participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between recorded and written

is that recorded is that has been recorded while written is of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written.

recorded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (record)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • that has been recorded
    • Recorded music comes in many forms.

    written

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)
    • I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
  • That was written.

    • Derived terms

    * unwritten, writtenness, unwrittenness

    Quotations

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    Antonyms

    * oral * verbal

    Derived terms

    * hand-written

    Verb

    (head)
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    * English adjectives ending in -en