Spoiled vs Faulty - What's the difference?
spoiled | faulty | Related terms |
(spoil)
Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
(obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iv:
Spoiled is a related term of faulty.
As adjectives the difference between spoiled and faulty
is that spoiled is of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible while faulty is having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.As a verb spoiled
is (spoil).spoiled
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Alternative forms
* spoiltVerb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Much more common in US than "(spoilt)". * About as common as "spoilt" in UK.Anagrams
* * * * *faulty
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Adjective
(er)- They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.
- I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.
- Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.