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Scanted vs Canted - What's the difference?

scanted | canted |

As verbs the difference between scanted and canted

is that scanted is (scant) while canted is (cant).

As adjectives the difference between scanted and canted

is that scanted is (archaic) diminished; restricted while canted is having angles.

scanted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (scant)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Diminished; restricted.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:
  • *:Subdue desire, and bridle loose delight; / Use '''scanted diet, and forbeare your fill […].
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:
    • " their generations are neither extinct nor scanted , but are as plentiful as any Creatures on the Land."

    canted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cant)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having angles.
    • a-six canted bolt head
    a canted window
  • Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
  • * (Philip Larkin), Vers de Société
    • I could spend half my evenings, if I wanted, / Holding a glass of washing sherry, canted / Over to catch the drivel of some bitch / Who's read nothing but Which

    Derived terms

    * canted column (Webster 1913)

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