Difference between Called and Named

What is the difference between Called and Named?

Called as a verb is (heading) to use one's voice. while Named as a verb is (ditransitive) to give a name to.

Called

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (heading) To use one's voice.

Named

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a name.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (ditransitive) To give a name to.

Example sentence: We named the book 'Extreme Ownership' because we really found that when we looked at not only at leaders but at teams that were the most successful, we found that the ones that had this attitude of extreme ownership were the ones that did the best, and it's definitely an attitude that I had.

We hope you now know whether to use Called or Named in your sentence.

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