What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Scatted vs Scanted - What's the difference?

scatted | scanted |

As verbs the difference between scatted and scanted

is that scatted is present participle of lang=en while scanted is past tense of scant.

As an adjective scanted is

diminished; restricted.

scatted

English

Verb

(head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    scanted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scant)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Diminished; restricted.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:
  • *:Subdue desire, and bridle loose delight; / Use '''scanted diet, and forbeare your fill […].
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:
    • " their generations are neither extinct nor scanted , but are as plentiful as any Creatures on the Land."