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Scuttered vs Stuttered - What's the difference?

scuttered | stuttered |

As verbs the difference between scuttered and stuttered

is that scuttered is past tense of scutter while stuttered is past tense of stutter.

scuttered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (scutter)

    • scutter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Thin excrement.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), (Telemachus episode):
    • Scutter! he cried thickly.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To void thin excrement.
  • * 1565 , Alois Brandl (ed.), King Daryus :
    • Nay then I wil geue you no bread and butter.
    Here, take some, it will make thee to scutter .
  • To run with a light pattering noise; to skitter.
    • We saw a rat scuttering into a dark corner as we turned on the lights.

    Derived terms

    * bullscutter * scutterer

    stuttered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stutter)

    • stutter

    English

    (wikipedia stutter)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
    • He stuttered a few words of thanks.
  • To exhaust a gas with difficulty
    • The engine of the old car stuttered''' going up the slope. I was '''stuttering after the marathon .

    Synonyms

    * (speak with spasmodic repetition) stammer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
  • (obsolete) One who stutters; a stammerer.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * stammer

    Derived terms

    * covert stutter * pseudostuttering * stutterer English reporting verbs