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Worn vs Detect - What's the difference?

worn | detect |

As adjectives the difference between worn and detect

is that worn is damaged and shabby as a result of much use while detect is detected.

As verbs the difference between worn and detect

is that worn is past participle of lang=en while detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

worn

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • damaged and shabby as a result of much use

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * outworn * worn out

    detect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

    • Derived terms

    * detection * detective * detector

    See also

    * discover * find * stumble upon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Detected.
    • (Fabyan)

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