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Matted vs Ratted - What's the difference?

matted | ratted |

As verbs the difference between matted and ratted

is that matted is past tense of mat while ratted is past tense of rat.

As adjectives the difference between matted and ratted

is that matted is forming a thick tangled mess while ratted is intoxicated.

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

    ratted

    English

    Etymology 1

    '' + ''-ed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rat)

    • Etymology 2

    Contraction of rat-arsed

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British, slang) intoxicated

    • Anagrams

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