Difference between Due and Expected

What is the difference between Due and Expected?

Due as an adjective is owed or owing while Expected as an adjective is anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur

Due

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Owed or owing Appropriate. Scheduled; expected. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Directly; exactly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Deserved acknowledgment. (in plural dues) A membership fee.

Example sentence: Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

Expected

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To predict or believe that something will happen

Example sentence: To me, the puzzle of Ronald Reagan is how a comparatively ordinary man, someone with not extraordinary talent, accomplished such extraordinary results. At the age of 50, no one expected that this was going to be the guy who would become, at least in my interpretation, one of the two most important presidents of the 20th century.

We hope you now know whether to use Due or Expected in your sentence.

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