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Grammar
arced or arched
What is the difference between arced and arched? What are the subtle differences of those two words?
The bats traversed across the arced mountain top.
The bats traversed across the arched mountain top.
adjectives:
arced - forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"
arched - Forming an arch or a curve like that of an arch.
The bats traversed across the arced mountain top.
The bats traversed across the arched mountain top.
adjectives:
arced - forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"
arched - Forming an arch or a curve like that of an arch.
Top answer
"Arced" as an adjective would rarely be needed. I can't think of a use for it. "Arched" pretty much covers it.
- "Arced" as an adjective would rarely be needed.
- I can't think of a use for it.
- "Arched" pretty much covers it.
- A couple of things: "Mountaintop" is spelled thus.
- "Across" is redundant with "traverse".
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"Arced" as an adjective would rarely be needed. I can't think of a use for it. "Arched" pretty much covers it.
A couple of things: "Mountaintop" is spelled thus. "Across" is redundant with "traverse". "The bats traversed the arched mountaintop."
A couple of things: "Mountaintop" is spelled thus. "Across" is redundant with "traverse". "The bats traversed the arched mountaintop."
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The first one is not used. It might have been used in older writing, but I have never seen it.
Arc, the verb, means to move somewhere tracing the path of a part of a circle.
Bats arced across the sky, chasing insects on the wing.
Arch (noun) - an architectural shape formed by two arcs meeting at a peak point.
Arched: an adjective describing such a shape.
Arc, the verb, means to move somewhere tracing the path of a part of a circle.
Bats arced across the sky, chasing insects on the wing.
Arch (noun) - an architectural shape formed by two arcs meeting at a peak point.
Arched: an adjective describing such a shape.
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