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Bartered vs Battered - What's the difference?

bartered | battered |

As verbs the difference between bartered and battered

is that bartered is past tense of barter while battered is past tense of batter.

As an adjective battered is

beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.

bartered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (barter)

    • barter

    English

    (wikipedia barter)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an equal exchange
    • We had no money so we had to live by barter .

    Synonyms

    * quid pro quo * swap * swop * trade

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • exchange goods or services without involving money

    • Synonyms

    * swap * swop * trade

    battered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (batter)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
    • , title= The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered -looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
  • Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
  • (label) Coated with batter.