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Reflected vs Displayed - What's the difference?

reflected | displayed |

As verbs the difference between reflected and displayed

is that reflected is (reflect) while displayed is (display).

As adjectives the difference between reflected and displayed

is that reflected is bent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light) while displayed is spread out; unfurled.

reflected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (reflect)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • bent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light)
    • Reflected''' light or '''reflected heat.

    displayed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (display)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Spread out; unfurled.
  • * 1955 , William Golding, The Inheritors , Faber and Faber 2005, p. 11:
    • They threw him round the displayed roots of the beeches, leapt when a puddle of water lay across the trail.
  • Spread open to view; shown off.
  • (heraldry) With wings unfurled.
  • (typography) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.