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Written vs Writhen - What's the difference?

written | writhen |

As adjectives the difference between written and writhen

is that written is of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written while writhen is twisted, contorted.

As verbs the difference between written and writhen

is that written is past participle of lang=en while writhen is past participle of lang=en.

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

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    Antonyms

    * oral * verbal

    Derived terms

    * hand-written

    Verb

    (head)
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    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,

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    * English adjectives ending in -en

    writhen

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Twisted, contorted.
  • Made or shaped by intertwining; plaited.
    • English irregular past participles