Flatter vs Flatness - What's the difference?
flatter | flatness |
A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
A flat-faced fulling hammer.
A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.
(British, NZ, slang) Someone who lives in a rented flat.
(flat)
to compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour
* Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
* Prescott
to enhance someone's vanity by praising them
to portray something to advantage.
to convey notions of the facts that are believed to be favorable to the hearer without certainty of the truthfulness of the notions conveyed.
The state of being flat
The state of being two-dimensional; planar : planarity
The state of being bland : dullness
Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen
(oenology) Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
(statistics) Sometimes used as a synonym for slim-tailedness or platykurticity
As nouns the difference between flatter and flatness
is that flatter is a type of set tool used by blacksmiths while flatness is the state of being flat.As an adjective flatter
is (flat).As a verb flatter
is to compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour.flatter
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(wikipedia flatter) (en noun)Adjective
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) flatteren, . More at (l).Verb
(en-verb) (transitive'' and ''intransitive )- A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his feet.
- Others he flattered by asking their advice.
- Her portrait flatters her.