Embedment vs. Embedded: What's the Difference?

To fix firmly in a surrounding mass

To fix firmly in a surrounding mass

To cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole

To cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole

(Linguistics)To insert or position (a clause or phrase) within a clause or phrase.

(Linguistics)To insert or position (a clause or phrase) within a clause or phrase.

(Computers)To insert (a virus, for example) into a software program.

(Computers)To insert (a virus, for example) into a software program.

To assign (a journalist) to travel with a military unit during an armed conflict.

To assign (a journalist) to travel with a military unit during an armed conflict.

(Biology)To enclose (a specimen) in a supporting material before sectioning for microscopic examination.

(Biology)To enclose (a specimen) in a supporting material before sectioning for microscopic examination.

To become embedded

To become embedded

One that is embedded, especially a journalist who is assigned to an active military unit.

One that is embedded, especially a journalist who is assigned to an active military unit.

The act of embedding or the state of being embedded.

Simple past tense and past participle of embed

An embedded structure, especially a steel structure, embedded in concrete that transmits external loads to it.

Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.

The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.

Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth.

Enclosed or fixed firmly in a surrounding mass; surrounded on all sides; as, found pebbles embedded in the silt; stone containing many embedded fossils; as, peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp.

Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; as, confused by the embedded Latin quotations; an embedded subordinate clause.

Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass;

Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole;