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Ridden vs Petrified - What's the difference?

ridden | petrified |

As verbs the difference between ridden and petrified

is that ridden is past participle of lang=en while petrified is past tense of petrify.

As adjectives the difference between ridden and petrified

is that ridden is full of while petrified is extremely afraid.

ridden

English

Etymology 1

See (verb)

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

    petrified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely afraid.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Verb

    (head)
  • (petrify)