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Shatter vs Shitter - What's the difference?

shatter | shitter |

As nouns the difference between shatter and shitter

is that shatter is (archaic) a fragment of anything shattered while shitter is (slang|vulgar) agent noun of shit; one who shits.

As a verb shatter

is to violently break something into pieces.

As an adjective shitter is

(shit).

shatter

English

(wikipedia shatter)

Verb

(en verb)
  • to violently break something into pieces.
    • The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks.
    a high-pitched voice that could shatter glass
    The old oak tree has been shattered by lightning.
  • to destroy or disable something.
  • to smash, or break into tiny pieces.
  • to dispirit or emotionally defeat
    • to be shattered''' in intellect; to have '''shattered''' hopes, or a '''shattered constitution
  • * 1984 Martyn Burke, The commissar's report, p36
    • Your death will shatter him. Which is what I want. Actually, I would prefer to kill him.
  • * 1992 Rose Gradym "Elvis Cures Teen's Brain Cancer!" Weekly World News , Vol. 13, No. 38 (23 June, 1992), p41
    • A CAT scan revealed she had an inoperable brain tumor. The news shattered Michele's mother.
  • * 2006 A. W. Maldonado, Luis Muñoz Marín: Puerto Rico's democratic revolution, p163
    • The marriage, of course, was long broken but Munoz knew that asking her for a divorce would shatter her.
  • * Norris
    • a man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humour
  • (obsolete) To scatter about.
  • * Milton
    • Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A fragment of anything shattered.
    • to break a glass into shatters
    (Jonathan Swift)

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    shitter

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, vulgar) Agent noun of shit; one who shits.
  • (slang, vulgar) The toilet; the bathroom or water closet.
    • Hold on, I gotta use the shitter .
  • (slang, vulgar, British) The anus.
  • * 2006 , Dominic Lavin, Last Seen in Bangkok (page 159)
    • Dave commented on the statue that had grabbed the pair's attention when they'd arrived, saying how quaint it looked, then capped off his comment with, “D'you reckon that receptionist takes it up the shitter ?”
    Synonyms
    * , * (anus) pooper (US),

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (shit)
  • * James Skelly, quoted in Doug Levy, “Artist Spotlight: ”, in CMJ New Music Report , ISSN 0890-0795, Volume 74, Number 797 (2003 January 20), page 21:
    • Text sex is even shitter .
  • * Simon Raven, quoted in Simon Raven and Chris Raven, Living the Linger , Samosir Books Limited (2005), ISBN 978-0-9548842-0-8, page 170:
    • Even shitter !
  • * 2005 , Steve Morris, Pod and the Sexy Dream Club , Troubador Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-1-904744-26-9, page 49:
    • Our university may have been shit on University Challenge, and even shitter at any kind of sport, but for a good political bit of head kicking we were unbeatable.

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