different between flawed vs defected

English

From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw +? -ed.

flawed (comparative more flawed, superlative most flawed)

Having a flaw or imperfection.
Flawed diamonds are generally not used in jewellery.
His design for a perpetual motion machine is flawed because water does not flow uphill.
- 2018, June 14, Timothy Snyder, The New York Times, How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?
  He presents Hitler’s rise as an element of the collapse of a republic confronting dilemmas of globalization with imperfect instruments and flawed leaders.

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