Saturday, 22 July 2017

Words from The Same Family - Died v Dead



Died (verb) - to stop living or existing.

  • She died of/from cancer.
  • My elderly neighbour, Mr Smith, died in his sleep (= while he was sleeping) last month.

Dead (adj) - not living anymore.
  • I can't believe my grandmother's been dead for nearly 20 years now.
  • He was dead by the time the ambulance arrived at his house.
  • Sam spends a lot of time raking up dead leaves in the autumn.

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