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Ridden vs Infested - What's the difference?

ridden | infested |

As verbs the difference between ridden and infested

is that ridden is past participle of lang=en while infested is past tense of infest.

As an adjective ridden

is full of.

ridden

English

Etymology 1

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Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of.
  • Oppressed by.
    • Usage notes
    * Usually used as combining form: guilt-ridden, etc.

    Etymology 2

    See

    Verb

    (head)
    • English irregular past participles

    infested

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (infest)

    • infest

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers
    • Insects are infesting my basement!
  • (pathology, of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal

    • Synonyms

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) mischievous; hurtful; harassing
    • (Spenser)

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