Straitened vs Straightened - What's the difference?
straitened | straightened |
(straiten)
(straighten)
To cause to become straight.
To become straight.
To put in ; to tidy up.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=Septembe 24
, author=Ben Dirs
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania
, work=BBC Sport
To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
(slang) To .
To stand up, especially from a sitting position.
As verbs the difference between straitened and straightened
is that straitened is past tense of straiten while straightened is past tense of straighten.As an adjective straitened
is squeezed or confined.straitened
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(en verb)- to straighten one's affairs, or an account
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