Difference between Pumped and Pumped-up

What is the difference between Pumped and Pumped-up?

Pumped as an adjective is pumped up while Pumped-up as an adjective is inflated

Pumped

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: pumped up

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).

Example sentence: It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at the mall and I was pumped up and I thought technically I was on and I figured where else to open up my outdoor season than here.

Pumped-up

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: inflatedraised by pumpingtense with excitement or enthusiasm

We hope you now know whether to use Pumped or Pumped-up in your sentence.

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