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Swopped vs Stopped - What's the difference?

swopped | stopped |

As verbs the difference between swopped and stopped

is that swopped is (swop) while stopped is (stop).

As an adjective stopped is

(of a vehicle) not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;.

swopped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (swop)

    • swop

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 315:
    • 'We make a pair, by God and by St James! / But, brother, what do you say to swopping names?'

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia swop)
  • A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.

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    stopped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stop)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;
    • We were stopped for more than three hours!
    ''They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
  • (more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
    • A stopped clock is right twice a day.
  • (of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
  • (of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
  • (phonetics) Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b'', ''d'', ''p'', and ''t .

    • Derived terms

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