Check vs Validated - What's the difference?
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(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
An inspection or examination.
A control; a limit or stop.
* Addison
(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK) .
(US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada) .
(US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
* 1963 , American law reports annotated: second series (volume 89)
A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
(falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
A small chink or crack.
To inspect; to examine.
To mark with a checkmark.
To control, limit, or halt.
* Burke
* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
To verify or compare with a source of information.
To leave in safekeeping.
To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
To physically remove a person from play.
(poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
(chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
* Shakespeare
(nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
To make a stop; to pause; with at .
* John Locke
(obsolete) To clash or interfere.
To act as a curb or restraint.
* Dryden
(falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
* Shakespeare
(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
(validate)
Declared or made valid.
Having experienced emotional validation.
As verbs the difference between check and validated
is that check is to inspect; to examine while validated is (validate).As a noun check
is (chess) a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece or check can be (textiles|usually|pluralized) a pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.As an adjective validated is
declared or made valid.check
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) eschec, from . All English senses developed from the chess sense.Noun
(en noun)- I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check .
- checks and balances
- The castle moat should hold the enemy in check .
- a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity
- Place a check by the things you have done.
- I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.
- I summoned the waiter, paid the check , and hurried to leave.
- The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.
- a check''' given for baggage; a return '''check on a railroad
Synonyms
* (note of monetary transfer) cheque * (indicator mark) tick (UK), checkmark, * (bill of sale) cheque (Canada)Descendants
* German: * Spanish:Verb
(en verb)- Check the oil in your car once a month.
- Check whether this page has a watermark.
- Check the correct answer to each question.
- Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.
- so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression
- She was about to retort but something checked the words on her tongue.
- Check your data against known values.
- Check your hat and coat at the door.
- Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.
- He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.
- That basket doesn't count—you forgot to check !
- The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck .
- Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked .
- The good king, his master, will check him for it.
- The sun checks timber.
- The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after.
- (Francis Bacon)
- It [his presence] checks too strong upon me.
- And like the haggard, check at every feather / That comes before his eye.
Derived terms
* check in * check into * check out * check over * check through * check upDerived terms
* bad check * bed check * body check * bounce a check * cashier's check * check against * checkbook * check casher * checker * checkers * checkered * checking * checking account * check in * check into * checking account * check is in the mail * check a person out * check it out * checklist * checkmate * checkout * check out * check over * checkup * check up on * check valve * checks and balances * counter check * cross-check * discovered check * double check * double-check * hot check * kite a check * put in check * rain check * reality check * recheck * revealed check * shoulder check * stick check * teller's check * traveler's check * unch * uncheckedEtymology 2
By shortening from checker, from (etyl) scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.Noun
(en noun)- The tablecloth had red and white check s.