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Scattering vs Scottering - What's the difference?

scattering | scottering |

As nouns the difference between scattering and scottering

is that scattering is a small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points, while scottering is (uk|dialect|herefordshire|obsolete) the burning of a wad of pea straw at the end of harvest.

As a verb scattering

is .

scattering

English

(wikipedia scattering)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small quantity of something occurring at irregular intervals and dispersed at random points,
    • There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places.
  • (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.

    • scottering

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, dialect, Herefordshire, obsolete) The burning of a wad of pea straw at the end of harvest.

    • References

    * Francis Tebbs Havergal, Herefordshire words & phrases, colloquial and archaic, about 1300 in number, current in the county . (Webster 1913)