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Gore vs Splatter - What's the difference?

gore | splatter |

As nouns the difference between gore and splatter

is that gore is dirt, filth while splatter is an uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.

As verbs the difference between gore and splatter

is that gore is to pierce with the horns while splatter is to splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

As a proper noun Gore

is {{surname|lang=en}.

gore

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(-)
  • Dirt, filth.
    • (Bishop Fisher)
  • (senseid)Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
  • Murder, bloodshed, violence.
    • Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 2

    Probably from .

    Verb

    (gor)
  • (of an animal) To pierce with the horns.
    • The bull gored the matador.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
    • (Cowell)
  • A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores : not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
  • A projecting point.
  • (heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

    • Verb

    (gor)
  • To cut in a triangular form.
  • To provide with a gore.
    • to gore an apron

    Anagrams

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    splatter

    English

    (wikipedia splatter)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
    • He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
  • (attributive) A genre of gory horror.
    • splatter''' film; '''splatter movie

    Verb

  • To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
    • The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
  • To cause (something) to splatter.
    • He splattered paint onto the wall.
  • To spatter (something or somebody).
  • * 2012 , Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise (page 100)
    • Her wet hands splattered him with suds.

    Anagrams

    * * English ergative verbs