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Broken vs Spoiled - What's the difference?

broken | spoiled |

As verbs the difference between broken and spoiled

is that broken is past participle of lang=en while spoiled is past tense of spoil.

As adjectives the difference between broken and spoiled

is that broken is fragmented, in separate pieces while spoiled is of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.

As a proper noun Broken

is torres Strait Creole.

broken

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fragmented, in separate pieces.
  • # Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
  • My arm is broken !
  • the ground was littered with broken bones
  • # (label) Split or ruptured.
  • A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken .
  • # Dashed, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
  • # (label) Interrupted; not continuous.
  • #* (rfdate), , White Fang :
  • Then the circle would lie down again, and here and there a wolf would resume its broken nap.
  • # Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
  • Tomorrow: broken skies.
  • Breeched; violated; not kept.
  • broken''' promises of neutrality'', '''''broken''' vows'', ''the '''broken covenant
  • Non-functional; not functioning properly.
  • I think my doorbell broken .
  • # Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
  • # Badly designed or implemented.
  • This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time.
  • # Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being a non-native speaker.
  • # Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
  • Oh man! That is just broken !
  • Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
  • The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken .
  • Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
  • (en)
  • (label) Uneven.
  • * 2005 , Will Cook, Until Darkness Disappears , page 54:
  • All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short caƱons and ominous buttresses.
  • Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.
  • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "broken" is often applied: glass, vase, cup, mirror, window, bone, wing, leg, arm, hand, foot, heart, egg, tool, sword, column, road, bridge, stick, device, machine, camera, TV, car, computer, promise, vow, law, trust, dream, relationship, friendship, love, family, marriage, bond, tie, silence, ground, land, circle, image, language, spirit, soul.

    Derived terms

    * a broken clock is right twice a day * broke * broken home * brokenly * brokenness * broken arrow * broken by design * broken language, broken English * broken heart, brokenhearted * broken in * broken promise * broken wind * heartbroken * housebroken * broken skin

    spoiled

    English

    Alternative forms

    * spoilt

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spoil)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
  • Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
  • Usage notes

    * Much more common in US than "(spoilt)". * About as common as "spoilt" in UK.

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