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Riddled vs Strung - What's the difference?

riddled | strung |

As verbs the difference between riddled and strung

is that riddled is (riddle) while strung is (string).

As an adjective riddled

is damaged throughout by holes.

riddled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Damaged throughout by holes.
  • Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
  • #
  • The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud.
  • #
  • #* 2008 , Joan London, The Good Parents , Random House Australia, ISBN 978-1-74166-793-6, page 235:
  • They took a swig each from an old bottle of sherry and ate some stale digestive biscuits sealed in a tin in the mouse-riddled cupboards.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (riddle)

    • Anagrams

    *

    strung

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (string)

    • Derived terms

    * highly strung, highly-strung, high-strung

    Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms