Difference between Close and Closed

What is the difference between Close and Closed?

Close as an adjective is closed, shut. while Closed as an adjective is sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open

Close

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Closed, shut. At a little distance; near. Intimate; well-loved. hot, humid, with no wind.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To obstruct (an opening). To move so that an opening is closed. To put an end to. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon. To make a sale. To make the final outs, usually three, of a game. To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An end of something. An enclosed field. A street that ends in a dead end. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor. A cathedral close.

Closed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (physical) To remove a gap.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not openNot operating or conducting tradeNon public (as in closed source)Having an open complement.Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.Lacking a free variable.

We hope you now know whether to use Close or Closed in your sentence.

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