Burned vs Burnt

[Polymathic]

I was watching a YouTube video this morning and somebody in the video made reference to a passage in a book which used both the terms of burned and burnt and he was confused why the author used different spelling because according to him it's the exact same thing.

Personally I used both terms and I distinguish between to the 2 as.

Burned: past tense of the verb "burn"
"The fire burned the wood"

Burnt: adjective to describe something that has been burned.
"The wood is burnt"

Does anybody else make the distinction, because according to Google they are both the exact same thing?

 

[saor]

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/burnt-burned/

I almost think I use them interchangeably.

The fire burnt really well.
The fire burned really well.

 

[My_King]

Might be the same as color vs colour.

Burned for them folks in the USA and burnt for us PAL region folks.

 

[saor]

Might be the same as color vs colour.

Burned for them folks in the USA and burnt for us PAL region folks.

I've started using color more often because **** u.

 

[My_King]

I've started using color more often because **** u.

**** me.... **** you man

 

[saor]

**** me.... **** you man

No I meant **** u!

 

[BrotherTheresa]

 

[Goosfrabba]

 

[rh1]

Burned: past tense of the verb "burn"
"The fire burned the wood"

Burnt: adjective to describe something that has been burned.
"The wood is burnt"

This is how I also distinguished between the two. I have never ever stated "The wood is burned".

 

[WAslayer]

This is another one of those American English things, only done in America English:

Burned is past tense of burn
Burnt is an adjective

In all other non-american English, it's used interchangeably and is acceptable..

Therefore, please feel free to use them interchangeably on this forum and in all other countries where they speak English, accept that special snowflake, the US of A...

 

[porchrat]

I've started using color more often because **** u.

I'm sorry to hear about the brain injury. I hope you recover.

 

[Drifter]

Fahrk, you need a life.

 

[soulie]

He burned his bridges .is not quite the same as..
he burnt his bridges .
the world of idioms reign supreme .

 

[FiestaST]

Burnt (2015) ⭐ 6.6 | Comedy, Drama

1h 41m | 15

www.imdb.com

 

[RedViking]

The burnt meat got burned.

Burned = tense
Burnt = adjective

 

[RedViking]

He burned his bridges .is not quite the same as..
he burnt his bridges .
the world of idioms reign supreme .

His burnt bridges were burned by Transnet.

 

[RedViking]

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/burnt-burned/

I almost think I use them interchangeably.

The fire burnt really well.
The fire burned really well.

No. The fire burned. Now the logs are burnt.

 

[RedViking]

I'm an English expert. Although my matric got burned in the old burnt classroom.

 

[Polymathic]

Okay, so I'm not only person that makes the distinction.

 

[saor]

Okay, so I'm not only person that makes the distinction.

It would seem so Vlad.