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Redacted vs Retracted - What's the difference?

redacted | retracted |

As adjectives the difference between redacted and retracted

is that redacted is edited or censored while retracted is withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.

As verbs the difference between redacted and retracted

is that redacted is past tense of redact while retracted is past tense of retract.

redacted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Edited or censored.
  • :The government released the redacted document, so most of it was blacked out as secret.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (redact)

    • Anagrams

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    retracted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (retract)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat
  • (linguistics) (of a sound ) pronounced further back in the vocal tract