The difference between Bent and Hooked

When used as adjectives, bent means folded, dented, whereas hooked means having a sharp curve at the end.


Bent is also noun with the meaning: an inclination or talent.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bent and Hooked

  1. Bent as a verb:

  1. Bent as an adjective (Of something that is usually straight):

    folded, dented

  2. Bent as an adjective (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly, UK):

    Homosexual.

  3. Bent as an adjective:

    Determined or insistent.

    Examples:

    "He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why."

    "They were bent on mischief."

  4. Bent as an adjective:

    (Of a person) leading a life of crime.

  5. Bent as an adjective (slang, football):

    inaccurately aimed

    Examples:

    "That shot was so bent it left the pitch."

  6. Bent as an adjective (colloquial, chiefly, US):

    Suffering from the bends

  7. Bent as an adjective (slang):

    High from both marijuana and alcohol.

    Examples:

    "Man, I am so bent right now!"

  1. Bent as a noun:

    An inclination or talent.

    Examples:

    "He had a natural bent for painting."

  2. Bent as a noun:

    A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.

    Examples:

    "His mind was of a technical bent."

  3. Bent as a noun:

    The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.

    Examples:

    "the bent of a bow"

    "rfquotek Wilkins"

  4. Bent as a noun:

    A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  5. Bent as a noun:

    Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

  6. Bent as a noun (carpentry):

    A transverse frame of a framed structure.

  7. Bent as a noun:

    Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

  1. Bent as a noun:

    Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.

  2. Bent as a noun:

    A grassy area, grassland.

  3. Bent as a noun:

    The old dried stalks of grasses.

  1. Hooked as a verb:

  1. Hooked as an adjective:

    Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.

    Examples:

    "a hooked nose"

  2. Hooked as an adjective:

    Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.

    Examples:

    "He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies."

    "You only have to try heroin once to become hooked."