Question

What is the difference between the words “escaped” and “escaping?”

They are in different tenses.
They are in different voices.
They are different parts of speech.
They are in different forms.

Answer 1

Escaped is past tense of escape, "He escaped out the window!"
Escaping is the present action form of escape, "Look out, he is escaping!"

Answer 2

The answer is: They are in different tenses.

The verb “to escape” means to get away. It is a verb, and as such it can be conjugated in as many tenses as the English language allows. In the present tense, the verb would acquire an “ing” ending to express the action taking place in the present. In the past tense, the verb would acquire an “ed” ending to express the action taking place in the past.