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Cluttered vs Scattered - What's the difference?

cluttered | scattered |

As verbs the difference between cluttered and scattered

is that cluttered is past tense of clutter while scattered is past tense of scatter.

As adjectives the difference between cluttered and scattered

is that cluttered is scattered with a disorderly mixture of objects; littered while scattered is randomly distributed.

cluttered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (clutter)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Scattered with a disorderly mixture of objects; littered

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    scattered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scatter)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Randomly distributed.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
  • (meteorology, of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
  • (meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

    • Derived terms

    * nonscattered * scatteredly * scatteredness * unscattered

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