What's the difference between "depreciated" and "deprecated"?

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What's the difference between "depreciated" and "deprecated"?

I just got confused with the two words having so similar spelling as well as (maybe) the meaning?

2006-10-01 17:05:28 · 2 answers · asked by Wenjie Z 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture

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Depreciated is a financial term - it relates to assets losing value over time. It means "writing something off" for taxes. Deprecation is a computer software term meaning to phase something out over time. If a feature is deprecated, it's obsolete, though it may be kept on to make older things compatible.

2006-10-01 17:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Depreciate means to lose value. Deprecate means to put down, insult.

2006-10-02 00:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by Skeff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋