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Pattered vs Tattered - What's the difference?

pattered | tattered |

As verbs the difference between pattered and tattered

is that pattered is past tense of patter while tattered is past tense of tatter.

As an adjective tattered is

rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.

pattered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (patter)

    • patter

    English

    Etymology 1

    1610s, of (onomatopoeia) origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface.
    • I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=7 citation , passage=The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.}}
    Derived terms
    * pitter-patter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
    • The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.
  • * Thomson
    • The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.
  • To spatter; to sprinkle.
  • * J. R. Drake
    • Patter the water about the boat.

    Etymology 2

    Circa 1400, from . Noun attested 1758, originally referring to the cant of thieves and beggers.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To speak in such a way – glibly and rapidly, such as from an auctioneer, or when bantering during a sports event.
  • * Mayhew
    • I've gone out and pattered to get money.
    Derived terms
    * Glasgow patter

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who pats.

    • References

    English onomatopoeias

    tattered

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tottered

    Adjective

    (-)
  • rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged
  • * 1919 , :
    • The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism.
  • dressed in tatters or rags; ragged
  • (obsolete) dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (tatter)

    • References

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