Difference between Arrested and Inactive

What is the difference between Arrested and Inactive?

Arrested as an adjective is having been stopped or prevented from developing while Inactive as an adjective is not active, temporarily or permanently

Arrested

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having been stopped or prevented from developing

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stop the motion of (a person or animal).

Example sentence: The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature.

Inactive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not active, temporarily or permanentlyNot functioning or operating; broken downRetired from duty or serviceRelatively inertShowing no optical activity in polarized light

We hope you now know whether to use Arrested or Inactive in your sentence.

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