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Scoring vs Rated - What's the difference?

scoring | rated |

As adjectives the difference between scoring and rated

is that scoring is of something or someone that scores while rated is .

As verbs the difference between scoring and rated

is that scoring is while rated is (rate).

As a noun scoring

is the process of keeping score in a sport or contest.

scoring

English

Adjective

  • Of something or someone that scores.
    • The highest scoring team will win the match.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
    • The scoring of a tennis match is overseen by a single referee.
  • The process of winning points in a sport or contest.
    • Scoring a basket in basketball is worth two or three points.
  • The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • rated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rate)

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.1:
    • He tooke it up, and thence with him did beare, / As rated Spaniell takes his burden up for feare.
  • * 1849 , , Shirley :
    • He merely passed by sheepishly with a rated , scowling look.

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