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Written vs Typed - What's the difference?

written | typed |

As adjectives the difference between written and typed

is that written is of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written while typed is having a specific data type.

As verbs the difference between written and typed

is that written is past participle of lang=en while typed is past tense of type.

written

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)
    • I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
  • That was written.

    • Derived terms

    * unwritten, writtenness, unwrittenness

    Quotations

    * * * * * * *

    Antonyms

    * oral * verbal

    Derived terms

    * hand-written

    Verb

    (head)
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    Statistics

    * English adjectives ending in -en

    typed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a specific data type.
    • A typed variable can only store one kind of data.
  • (computing, of a programming language) In which variables are typed.
    • Scheme is a typed language.

    Derived terms

    * * *

    Antonyms

    * untyped

    Verb

    (head)
  • (type)