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Reeded vs Heeded - What's the difference?

reeded | heeded |

As verbs the difference between reeded and heeded

is that reeded is (reed) while heeded is (heed).

As an adjective reeded

is covered with reeds; reedy.

reeded

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Covered with reeds; reedy.
  • Formed with channels and ridges like reeds, as the edge of a coin.
    • Related terms
    * reeding

    Etymology 2

    See (reed)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (reed)

    • heeded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (heed)

    • heed

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Careful attention.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.

    Usage notes

    * Often used with give, pay or take.

    Synonyms

    * (careful attention) attention, notice, observation, regard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  • * Dryden
    • With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .
  • * 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, " Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
    • Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.
  • (archaic) To pay attention, care.