Severer vs Severed - What's the difference?
severer | severed |
(severe)
Very bad or intense.
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Strict or harsh.
Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
(sever)
separated, cut off or broken apart
As adjectives the difference between severer and severed
is that severer is comparative of severe while severed is separated, cut off or broken apart.As a verb severed is
past tense of sever.severer
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
* * *severe
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
Synonyms
* brutal * extreme * hard * harsh * intense * rigorous * seriousAntonyms
* (very bad or intense) mild * (very bad or intense) minor * (strict or harsh) lenientDerived terms
* severely (adverb) * severity (noun) * severeness (noun)External links
* * *Anagrams
* ----severed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- a severed limb