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Slanted vs Canted - What's the difference?

slanted | canted |

As adjectives the difference between slanted and canted

is that slanted is placed at an angle, on a slant while canted is having angles.

As verbs the difference between slanted and canted

is that slanted is past tense of slant while canted is past tense of cant.

slanted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Placed at an angle, on a slant.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (slant)

    • Anagrams

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    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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