Classified vs Regarded - What's the difference?
classified | regarded |
(classify)
Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.
(informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.
As verbs the difference between classified and regarded
is that classified is past tense of classify while regarded is past tense of regard.As an adjective classified
is formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.As a noun classified
is a classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.classified
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)- Make sure all the field observations are classified by species.
Adjective
(classified information) (en adjective)- We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information.
- I won't say who I'm going to the prom with; that's classified .
Etymology 2
(Classified advertising) From , by shortening.Noun
(en noun)- He ran a classified for the tools he wanted to sell.