Matted vs Hatted - What's the difference?
matted | hatted |
(mat)
forming a thick tangled mess
* 1899 ,
covered with mats or matting
(chiefly, in combination) Wearing a (specified type of) hat
* (Ambrose Bierce)
As adjectives the difference between matted and hatted
is that matted is forming a thick tangled mess while hatted is (chiefly|in combination) wearing a (specified type of) hat.As a verb matted
is (mat).matted
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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 [...]
Derived terms
* nonmatted * unmattedhatted
English
Adjective
(-)- He was hatted , booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity