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Battered vs Dilapidated - What's the difference?

battered | dilapidated |

As verbs the difference between battered and dilapidated

is that battered is (batter) while dilapidated is .

As adjectives the difference between battered and dilapidated

is that battered is beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up while dilapidated is having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.

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.

    • dilapidated

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect

    • Synonyms

    * beat * beat up * beaten up * bedraggled * broken-down * ramshackle * ruinous * rundown * tatterdemalion * tumbledown