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Riddles vs Riddled - What's the difference?

riddles | riddled |

As verbs the difference between riddles and riddled

is that riddles is third-person singular of riddle while riddled is past tense of riddle.

As a noun riddles

is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective riddled is

damaged throughout by holes.

riddles

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (riddle)

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    riddled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Damaged throughout by holes.
  • Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
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  • 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)

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