healed
/ˈhild/
adjective
Common
1.adj.freed from illness or injury
“the patient appears cured”
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healed and heated differ by a single letter, buried far enough into the word to be easy to miss. healed means “freed from illness or injury”. heated means “made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')”. healed is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈhild/
1.adj.freed from illness or injury
“the patient appears cured”
/ˈhitəd/
1.adj.made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
“a heated swimming pool”
2.adj.marked by emotional heat; vehement
“a heated argument”
| healed | heated | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈhild/ | /ˈhitəd/ |
| Said | heeld | HEE-tuhd |
| Syllables | 1 | 2 |
| Letters | 6 | 6 |
| Parts of speech | adjective | adjective |
| Senses | 1 | 2 |
| How common | Common | Familiar |
| Synonyms | cured, recovered | heated up, het, het up |
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