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Bespatter vs Besmear - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between bespatter and besmear

is that bespatter is to soil by spattering while besmear is to smear over; smear all over; sully.

bespatter

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.
  • To soil by spattering.
  • (figuratively) To asperse with calumny or reproach; shend.

    • besmear

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To smear over; smear all over; sully.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , author = (William Stukeley) , title = , year = 1734 , page = 57 , passage = ...carters and coachmen, who make in imitation thereof a composition of grease and tar, with which they besmear the inside of the naves of wheels and the extremitys of the axis upon which they move. }}
  • :* {{quote-news
    • , date=2012-01-26 , first=Mike Allen , last=Jim Vandehei , authorlink= , coauthor= , title=Drudge, conservative media criticize Newt Gingrich , newspaper=Politico , city= , publisher= , quotee= citation , page= , passage=His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces,… }}

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