Difference between Express and Expressed

What is the difference between Express and Expressed?

Express as a verb is to convey or communicate; to make known or explicit. while Expressed as a verb is to convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

Express

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. Specific or precise. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit. To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk). To translate messenger RNA into protein. To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.

Example sentence: I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

Expressed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

Example sentence: Empathy is choosing to see ourselves in another despite our differences. It's recognizing that the same humanity - the same desire for meaning, fulfillment and security - exists in each of us, even if it's expressed uniquely.

We hope you now know whether to use Express or Expressed in your sentence.

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