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Sold vs Undersold - What's the difference?

sold | undersold |

As verbs the difference between sold and undersold

is that sold is past tense of sell while undersold is past tense of undersell.

As a noun sold

is solary; military pay.

As an adjective undersold is

of or pertaining to that which has been sold with insufficient enthusiasm.

sold

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (sell)
    • Derived terms
    * oversold

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) solde. See soldier, and compare sou.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) solary; military pay
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)

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    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms

    undersold

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (undersell)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to that which has been sold with insufficient enthusiasm.