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Malleated vs Malleted - What's the difference?

malleated | malleted |

As verbs the difference between malleated and malleted

is that malleated is past tense of malleate while malleted is past tense of mallet.

malleated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (malleate)

  • malleate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (zoology) Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
  • * 2009 , James H. Thorp & Alan P. Covich (eds.), Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates , 3rd ed., page 181
  • Malleate trophi are present in such common rotifers as Brachionus'', ''Keratella'', and ''Lecane .
  • (malacology, of a shell) Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.
  • * 1919', Henry Augustus Pilsbry, "A Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo", ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' ' 40 : 313
  • The spire has stronger rib-striƦ than C. bequaert i; last whorl finely and closely malleate , with several weak spiral threads.

    Verb

    (malleat)
  • (rare) To beat into shape with a hammer.
  • * 1878 , James Milleson, The Embryonic System of Nature , page 12
  • Man is a mechanic, and works beautiful forms out of natural organisms. He cuts, bores, malleates , melts, casts in matrices, and spins, various articles.

    See also

    * forge * hammer

    malleted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mallet)
  • Anagrams

    *

    mallet

    English

    (wikipedia mallet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of hammer with a larger than usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
  • A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 51:
  • The Mallet of arms, according to the representation of it given by Father Daniel, exactly resembles the wooden instrument of that name, now in use, except in the length of the handle, it was like the hammer of arms, to be used with both hands, indeed it differed very little from that weapon in its form.
  • A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
  • The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.
  • Derived terms

    * malleter * (cryptography)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike with a mallet.