Difference between Recorded and Registered

What is the difference between Recorded and Registered?

Recorded as a verb is to make a record of information. while Registered as a verb is to enter in a register.

Recorded

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a record of information.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: that has been recorded

Example sentence: How can we be free when we are prisoners to social media, in a world without privacy? How can we be free when our every movement is tracked and every conversation is recorded and can easily be held against us? How exactly are we free if we are tethered to our cell phones?

Registered

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To enter in a register.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having had one's name added to an official list or entered into a register

Example sentence: Suppose a bad guy guesses the password for your throwaway Yahoo address. Now he goes to major banking and commerce sites and looks for an account registered to that email address. When he finds one, he clicks the 'forgot my password' button and a new one is sent - to your compromised email account. Now he's in a position to do you serious harm.

We hope you now know whether to use Recorded or Registered in your sentence.

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