Battered vs Mixed - What's the difference?
battered | mixed |
(batter)
Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.
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, title= Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
(label) Coated with batter.
(mix)
Having two or more separate aspects.
Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
Including both male(s) and female(s).
Stemming from two or more races or breeds
As verbs the difference between battered and mixed
is that battered is (batter) while mixed is (mix).As adjectives the difference between battered and mixed
is that battered is beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up while mixed is having two or more separate aspects.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.}}
mixed
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(en adjective)- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
- The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
- ''My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
- ''The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
- ''Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed
