Bashed vs Battered - What's the difference?
bashed | battered |
(bash)
To strike heavily.
To collide.
To criticize harshly.
A large party; gala event.
An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
* Spenser
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(batter)
Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.
*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
(label) Coated with batter.
As verbs the difference between bashed and battered
is that bashed is past tense of bash 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.bashed
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*bash
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), akin to Swedish .Verb
(es)Noun
(es)- They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
Derived terms
* bashmentEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m). See (abash).Verb
- His countenance was bold and bashed not.
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battered
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(en adjective)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.}}