Pended vs Pending – What’s the difference?

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Pended vs Pending - What's the difference?
As verbs the difference between pended and pending is that pended is (pend) while pending is . As a adjective pending is awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation. As a preposition pending is while waiting for something; until.

pended

English

Verb

(head)

  • (pend)

    • Anagrams

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    pend

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb )

  • (obsolete) To hang down.
  • (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
  • To hang; to depend.
  • * I. Taylor
    • pending upon certain powerful motions

    Noun

    (en noun )

  • (Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.

    • Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Verb

    (en verb )

  • (obsolete) To pen; to confine.
  • * Udall
    • Pended within the limits of Greece.

    Etymology 3

    Back-formation from (pending).

    Verb

    (en verb )

  • To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
  • *1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance”, Faber & Faber 2004 (”Avignon Quintet ), p. 817:
  • *:The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.

    • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (–)

  • (India) oil cake

    • —-

    pending

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective )

  • awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
  • begun but not completed
  • about to happen; imminent or impending

    • See also

    * impending

    Preposition

    (English prepositions )

  • While waiting for something; until.

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