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Striped vs Barred - What's the difference?

striped | barred |

As adjectives the difference between striped and barred

is that striped is having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color while barred is having bars; striped.

As verbs the difference between striped and barred

is that striped is past tense of stripe while barred is past tense of bar.

striped

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color.

    • Derived terms

    * striped beakfish

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stripe)

    • Anagrams

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    barred

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having bars; striped.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=14 citation , passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.  Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}
  • Prevented.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (bar)
    • He barred the door at evening.
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