Encounter vs Encountered - What's the difference?
encounter | encountered |
To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
To confront (someone or something) face to face.
(ambitransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
* Shakespeare
An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
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*:That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.
(label) A match between two opposing sides.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
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To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
To confront (someone or something) face to face.
(ambitransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
* Shakespeare
An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
:
*
*:That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.
(label) A match between two opposing sides.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
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As verbs the difference between encounter and encountered
is that encounter is to meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly while encountered is (encounter).As a noun encounter
is an unplanned or unexpected meeting.encounter
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * incounter (archaic) * incountre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
- I will encounter with Andronicus.
Noun
(en noun)Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter .}}
Synonyms
* (unplanned meeting ): * (hostile meeting ): clash, confrontation, brush, skirmishDerived terms
* close encounter * encounter groupencountered
English
Verb
(head)encounter
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * incounter (archaic) * incountre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
- I will encounter with Andronicus.
Noun
(en noun)Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter .}}