Difference between Button-down and Buttoned-down

What is the difference between Button-down and Buttoned-down?

Button-down as an adjective is of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie. while Buttoned-down as an adjective is

Button-down

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie. Serious; staid; businesslike. Conservative; conventional; unimaginative.

Buttoned-down

Part of speech: adjective

Definition:

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