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Selected vs Recommended - What's the difference?

selected | recommended |

As verbs the difference between selected and recommended

is that selected is (select) while recommended is (recommend).

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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    recommended

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (recommend)

  • recommend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
  • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
  • To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
  • To advise, propose, counsel favorably
  • The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
  • (archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
  • ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * discourage * disapprove * oppose

    Derived terms

    * recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommender