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Selected vs Downselected - What's the difference?

selected | downselected |

As verbs the difference between selected and downselected

is that selected is (select) while downselected is (downselect).

As an adjective selected

is that have been selected or chosen.

selected

English

Adjective

(head)
  • That have been selected or chosen.
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    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (select)

    • Anagrams

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    downselected

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (downselect)

    • downselect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to narrow the field of choices, especially, to choose a supplier from candidates under consideration
    • We need to check with Quality Assurance before we downselect the test equipment vendor.

    See also

    * shortlist