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Slated vs Skated - What's the difference?

slated | skated |

As verbs the difference between slated and skated

is that slated is past tense of slate while skated is past tense of skate.

As an adjective slated

is scheduled.

slated

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (chiefly, US) scheduled

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (slate)

    • Anagrams

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    skated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (skate)

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    skate

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
  • abbreviated form of ice skate or roller skate
  • The act of skateboarding
    • There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
  • The act of roller skating or ice skating
    • The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.

    Verb

    (skat)
  • To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
  • To skateboard
    • Derived terms
    * get one's skates on * roller-skate * skateboard * skate on thin ice * skatepark * skater

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) skata.

    Noun

    (wikipedia skate) (en noun)
  • A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays]]) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding , and wide [[fin#Noun, fins attached to a flat body.

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