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Battered vs Devastated - What's the difference?

battered | devastated |

As verbs the difference between battered and devastated

is that battered is (batter) while devastated is (devastate).

As adjectives the difference between battered and devastated

is that battered is beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up while devastated is ruined, ravaged.

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.

    • devastated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ruined, ravaged
  • Extremely upset and shocked.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (devastate)