# depraved vs derived

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### depraved
*verb · IPA /dɪˈpɹeɪvd/ · frequency rank #27,427*
simple past and past participle of deprave

### derived
*adjective · IPA /dɪˈɹaɪvd/ · frequency rank #4,366*
Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

## Source
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