Insured vs. Inured — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Insured and Inured
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Definitions
Insured
One who has or is covered by an insurance policy.
Inured
To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom
"Though the food became no more palatable, he soon became sufficiently inured to it" (John Barth).
Insured
Covered by an insurance policy.
Inured
Simple past tense and past participle of inure
Insured
(insurance) The person or persons whose interests are protected by an insurance policy.
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Inured
Made tough by habitual exposure;
Hardened fishermen
A peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured
Our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men
Insured
Simple past tense and past participle of insure
Insured
A person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.
Insured
Covered by insurance;
An insured risk
All members of the film cast and crew are insured
