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Invade vs Atta - What's the difference?

invade | atta |

As verbs the difference between invade and atta

is that invade is to move into while atta is to be.

invade

English

Verb

(invad)
  • To move into.
    • Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
  • * Spenser
    • Which becomes a body, and doth then invade / The state of life, out of the grisly shade.
  • To enter by force in order to conquer.
    • Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
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  • To infest or overrun.
    • The picnic was invaded by ants.
  • To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
    • The king invaded the rights of the people.

    Related terms

    * invader * invasion * invasive

    atta

    English

    Etymology 1

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • that's the; that's a
    • Usage notes
    Used only in expressions like atta boy and atta girl.
    Derived terms
    * attaboy, atta boy * attadog, atta dog * attagal, attagirl, atta girl

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A type of wholegrain flour from the Indian subcontinent.

    • Anagrams

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