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Batter vs Patter - What's the difference?

batter | patter |

As verbs the difference between batter and patter

is that batter is to hit or strike violently and repeatedly while patter is to make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.

As nouns the difference between batter and patter

is that batter is 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 while patter is the soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface.

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

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    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)
    Related terms
    * (l) (cricket)

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    patter

    English

    Etymology 1

    1610s, of (onomatopoeia) origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface.
    • I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=7 citation , passage=The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.}}
    Derived terms
    * pitter-patter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
    • The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.
  • * Thomson
    • The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.
  • To spatter; to sprinkle.
  • * J. R. Drake
    • Patter the water about the boat.

    Etymology 2

    Circa 1400, from . Noun attested 1758, originally referring to the cant of thieves and beggers.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To speak in such a way – glibly and rapidly, such as from an auctioneer, or when bantering during a sports event.
  • * Mayhew
    • I've gone out and pattered to get money.
    Derived terms
    * Glasgow patter

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who pats.

    • References

    English onomatopoeias