Difference between Orderly and Ordered

What is the difference between Orderly and Ordered?

Orderly as a noun is a hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties. while Ordered as a verb is to set in some sort of order.

Orderly

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties. A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having or with order.

Example sentence: The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.

Ordered

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To set in some sort of order.

Example sentence: I made a point of eating so fast I never kept the other people waiting who generally ordered only chef's salad and grapefruit juice because they were trying to reduce. Almost everybody I met in New York was trying to reduce.

We hope you now know whether to use Orderly or Ordered in your sentence.

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