different between targeted vs pargeted

English

Alternative forms

• targetted (British spelling, uncommon)

Verb

targeted

1. simple past tense and past participle of target

Adjective

targeted (comparative more targeted, superlative most targeted)

1. Having something aimed at it.

   The targeted objects include two military bases and an airfield.

2. Aimed at something; focused.

   Our targeted interventions are aimed at the students who need help the most.

Derived terms

• targeted killing

Anagrams

• gattered

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??d??t?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??d??t?d/
• Hyphenation: par?get?ed

Verb

pargeted

1. simple past tense and past participle of parget

Adjective

pargeted (comparative more pargeted, superlative most pargeted)

1. (now rare) Coated with parget or plaster. [from 16th c.]
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 51:

     offices and custodial lounge are in turn connected to E.T.A.'s Lung-Storage amd -Pump Rooms via a pargeted tunnel hastily constructed by the TesTar All-Weather Inflatable Structures Corp.