Dependent and Supported

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Dependent adjective - Held from above.

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Supported and dependent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supported" instead an adjective "Dependent".

Supported adjective - Held up or having the weight borne especially from below.

Usage example: supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends

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Dependent and supported are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dependent" instead an adjective "Supported".

At his instigation apparently independent governments were established at Florence, Modena, and Bologna; in reality, however, these were directed from Turin, and were supported by England, since England did not desire a Kingdom of Italy dependent on France.

Source: Useful Notes / The Papal States

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