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Batter vs Battery - What's the difference?

batter | battery |

In baseball|lang=en terms the difference between batter and battery

is that batter is (baseball) the player attempting to hit the ball with a bat while battery is (baseball) the catcher and the pitcher together.

As nouns the difference between batter and battery

is that batter is a beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (eg pancakes, cake, or yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (eg fish) prior to frying or batter can be an incline on the outer face of a built wall or batter can be (baseball) the player attempting to hit the ball with a bat while battery is a coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances ().

As a verb batter

is to hit or strike violently and repeatedly or batter can be (architecture) to slope (of walls, buildings etc).

batter

English

(wikipedia batter)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • to hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
  • He battered his wife with a walking stick.
  • to coat with batter (the food ingredient).
  • I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
  • to defeat soundly; to thrash
  • Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
  • (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate
  • That cocktails will batter you!
    I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
  • (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying
  • To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the cake batter .
  • A binge, a heavy drinking session.
  • When he went on a batter , he became very violent.
  • A paste of clay or loam.
  • (Holland)
  • (printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
  • Etymology 3

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
  • Hydroseeding of unvegetated batters is planned.

    Etymology 4

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
  • The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
    Synonyms
    * (baseball) (l)

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    battery

    Noun

    (batteries)
  • A coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances ().
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  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}
  • (legal) The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.
  • A coordinated group of artillery.
  • An array of similar things.
  • Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
  • A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
  • (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
  • (chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
  • The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.
  • Derived terms

    * assault and battery * battery-backed * battery hen * battery-operated * battery power * battery-powered (-)

    See also

    * accumulator * assault * replacement battery