Difference between Tatterdemalion and Worn

What is the difference between Tatterdemalion and Worn?

Tatterdemalion as an adjective is tattered. while Worn as a verb is to carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.

Tatterdemalion

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Tattered.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person with tattered clothing, a pauper.

Worn

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.

Example sentence: Just wearing all black comes from Johnny Cash. I'm on the road so much that if I wear all black, my clothes never get dirty. You can't tell if I've worn the same shirt twice.

We hope you now know whether to use Tatterdemalion or Worn in your sentence.

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