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Mated vs Matted - What's the difference?

mated | matted |

As verbs the difference between mated and matted

is that mated is past tense of mate while matted is past tense of mat.

As adjectives the difference between mated and matted

is that mated is fitted together or interlocked while matted is forming a thick tangled mess.

mated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mate)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • fitted together or interlocked

    • Anagrams

    * * * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • marriage, wedding

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    matted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mat)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • forming a thick tangled mess
  • * 1899 ,
    • The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple [...]
  • covered with mats or matting

    • Derived terms

    * nonmatted * unmatted