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Stipulated vs Dictated - What's the difference?

stipulated | dictated |

As verbs the difference between stipulated and dictated

is that stipulated is (stipulate) while dictated is (dictate).

As an adjective stipulated

is required as a condition of a contract or agreement.

stipulated

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Required as a condition of a contract or agreement.
  • Specified, promised or guaranteed in an agreement.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (stipulate)

    • Related terms

    * stipulate * stipulation * stipulative

    Anagrams

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    dictated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dictate)

    • dictate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An order or command.
    • I must obey the dictates of my conscience.

    Verb

    (dictat)
  • To order, command, control.
  • * 2001 , Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography , Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 409,
    • Trademark Owners will nevertheless try to dictate how their marks are to be represented, but dictionary publishers with spine can resist such pressure.
  • To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
    • She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
    The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.

    Derived terms

    * dictation * dictator