Striped vs. Stripped

Striped vs. Stripped — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Striped and Stripped

Stripedadjective

Having lines or bands of different color or texture.

Strippedverb

To remove clothing or covering from

stripped the beds.

Stripedadjective

Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color.

Strippedverb

To remove or take off (clothing or covering)

stripped off his shirt.

Stripedverb

simple past tense and past participle of stripe

Strippedverb

To remove an exterior coating, as of paint or varnish, from

stripped the cabinets.
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Stripedadjective

marked or decorated with stripes

Strippedverb

To remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, for example).

Strippedverb

To clear of a natural covering or growth; make bare

strip a field.

Strippedverb

To deprive of possessions, office, rank, privileges, or honors; divest

The court stripped him of his property.

Strippedverb

To rob of wealth or property; plunder or despoil

stripped the palace of its treasures.

Strippedverb

To remove equipment, furnishings, or accessories from

They stripped down the car to reduce its weight.
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Strippedverb

To remove nonessential detail from; reduce to essentials

The director stripped down her style of filmmaking.

Strippedverb

To dismantle (a firearm, for example) piece by piece.

Strippedverb

To damage or break the threads of (a screw, for example) or the teeth of (a gear).

Strippedverb

To draw and discard the first drops of milk from the udder of (a cow or goat, for example) at the start of milking.

Strippedverb

To draw the last drops of milk from the udder of (a cow or goat, for example) at the end of milking.

Strippedverb

To extract the milt or roe from (a live fish).

Strippedverb

To draw in (a fishing line) by hand, as between casts with a fly rod.

Strippedverb

To mount (a photographic positive or negative) on paper to be used in making a printing plate.

Strippedverb

To undress completely.

Strippedverb

To perform a striptease.

Strippedverb

To fall away or be removed; peel

The wallpaper strips away easily.

Strippedverb

To cut or tear into strips.

Strippednoun

A striptease.

Strippednoun

A long narrow piece, usually of uniform width

a strip of paper.strips of beef.

Strippednoun

A long narrow region of land or body of water.

Strippednoun

A comic strip.

Strippednoun

An airstrip.

Strippednoun

An area, as along a busy street or highway, that is lined with a great number and variety of commercial establishments.

Strippedadjective

Made of strips.

Strippedverb

simple past tense and past participle of strip

Strippedadjective

having only essential or minimal features;

a stripped new cara stripped-down budget

Strippedadjective

having extraneous everything removed including contents;

the bare wallsthe cupboard was bare

Strippedadjective

with clothing stripped off