Scatter vs Slatter - What's the difference?
scatter | slatter |
(ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
* Shakespeare
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
* Dryden
(physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
To be careless, negligent, or awkward, especially with regard to dress and neatness.
To be wasteful.
As a verb scatter
is (ergative) to (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.As a noun slatter is
hay harvest, mowing (the act of harvesting hay; the ground or the time for harvesting hay).scatter
English
Verb
(en verb)- the police scattered the crowds
- the crowd scattered
- Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
- Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
- Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
- to scatter hopes or plans
Derived terms
* scatterbrain * scatterplot * scattershotslatter
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Ray)