Difference between Secondhand and Used

What is the difference between Secondhand and Used?

Secondhand as an adjective is not new; previously owned and used by another while Used as an adjective is that is or has or have been used.

Secondhand

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not new; previously owned and used by another dealing in such merchandise

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: indirectly

Example sentence: When I was 10 years old, I loved - I loved books, and I used to haunt the secondhand bookshop. And I found a little book I could just afford, and I bought it, and I took it home. And I climbed up my favorite tree, and I read that book from cover to cover. And that was Tarzan of the Apes. I immediately fell in love with Tarzan.

Used

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To utilize or employ.abused, exploited, took unfair advantage of. [derogatory]to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: That is or has or have been used.That has or have previously been owned by someone else.Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.

Example sentence: I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

We hope you now know whether to use Secondhand or Used in your sentence.

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