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Survived vs Challenged - What's the difference?

survived | challenged |

As verbs the difference between survived and challenged

is that survived is (survive) while challenged is (challenge).

As an adjective challenged is

lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.

survived

English

Verb

(head)
  • (survive)

    • survive

    English

    Verb

    (surviv)
  • Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
  • Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
  • To live longer than; to outlive.
    • His children survived''' him; he was '''survived by his children.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll assure her of / Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, / In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , X:
    • ‘I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.’
  • To live past a life-threatening event.
    • He did not survive the accident.
  • (sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (live longer than) outlive

    Antonyms

    * (live longer than) predecease

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    challenged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (challenge)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
    • mentally challenged
  • Used following adverbs to make jocular adjectives in imitation of and mocking politically correct adjectives of this kind, as "X''-challenged" = "lacking ''X ".
    • vertically challenged

    Derived terms

    * cerebrally challenged (jocular ) * esthetically challenged (jocular ) * culinarily challenged (jocular ) * follicly challenged (jocular ) * horizontally challenged (jocular ) * hymenally challenged (jocular ) * mentally challenged * metabolically challenged (jocular ) * physically challenged * reality challenged (jocular ) * vertically challenged (jocular )