Repleted vs Depleted - What's the difference?
repleted | depleted |
(replete)
Abounding.
* 1730 , , "The Pheasant and the Lark":
* 1759 , , Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia , ch. 12:
* 1843 , , Martin Chuzzlewit , ch. 44:
* 1916 , , Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers , "Seneca":
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
* 1901 , , "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods :
* 1913 , , The Valley of the Moon , ch. 15:
To restore something that has been depleted.
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Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.
(deplete)
As verbs the difference between repleted and depleted
is that repleted is past tense of replete while depleted is past tense of deplete.As an adjective depleted is
used up, expended; of which nothing is left.repleted
English
Verb
(head)replete
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
- His subjects with delight obey:
- His tail was beauteous to behold,
- Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
- I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
- "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
- History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
- And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .
- In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .
Synonyms
* (abounding) plentiful, abundant * (gorged) stuffedVerb
(replet)depleted
English
Adjective
(-)- The depleted aerosol can would spray no more since there was no propellant left.