different between shapen vs shaven

English

Etymology 1

From shape +? -en.

Verb

shapen (third-person singular simple present shapens, present participle shapening, simple past and past participle shapened)

1. (rare) To shape, form.

Etymology 2

From Middle English schapen, ischepen, from Old English ?es?apen, from Proto-Germanic *skapanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *skapan?, equivalent to shape +? -en (past participle ending).

Verb

shapen

1. (obsolete) past participle of shape

Adjective

shapen (comparative more shapen, superlative most shapen)

1. (mostly in compounds) Shaped; wrought with a definite shape.

Derived terms

• misshapen
• unshapen

Anagrams

• Phanes, phanes

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?v?n/
• Rhymes: -e?v?n

Adjective

shaven

1. Having been shaved.

Usage notes

• The adjectives shaven and shaved have no semantic difference, although shaven is especially used in combination (such as in "newly-shaven").

Derived terms

• unshaven

Translations

Verb

shaven

1. past participle of shave

Anagrams

• Hesvan, havens, heav'ns