Difference between Gone and Spent

What is the difference between Gone and Spent?

Gone as a verb is to move: while Spent as a verb is to pay out (money).

Gone

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move:

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Past, after, later than (a time).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Away, having left. No longer existing, having passed. Used up. intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings

Example sentence: I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.

Spent

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pay out (money).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

Example sentence: I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were younger.

We hope you now know whether to use Gone or Spent in your sentence.

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