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Battery vs Attery - What's the difference?

battery | attery |

As nouns the difference between battery and attery

is that battery is a coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances () while attery is (of weather|dialectal|or|archaic) cold, bleak weather.

As an adjective attery is

(dialectal|or|archaic) poisonous; venomous.

battery

Noun

(batteries)
  • A coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances ().
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  • (legal) The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.
  • A coordinated group of artillery.
  • An array of similar things.
  • Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
  • A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
  • (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
  • (chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
  • The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.
  • Derived terms

    * assault and battery * battery-backed * battery hen * battery-operated * battery power * battery-powered (-)

    See also

    * accumulator * assault * replacement battery

    attery

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * (Scotland)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (dialectal, or, archaic) Poisonous; venomous
  • (dialectal, or, archaic) Pernicious
  • (of a wound or sore, dialectal, or, archaic) Purulent; containing pus or matter
  • (of mood or disposition, dialectal, or, archaic) Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed
  • (of weather, dialectal, or, archaic) Cold; bleak; grim
  • Synonyms

    *

    Noun

    (-)
  • (of weather, dialectal, or, archaic) Cold, bleak weather.