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Shatter vs Splatter - What's the difference?

shatter | splatter |

In lang=en terms the difference between shatter and splatter

is that shatter is to dispirit or emotionally defeat while splatter is to spatter (something or somebody).

As verbs the difference between shatter and splatter

is that shatter is to violently break something into pieces while splatter is to splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

As nouns the difference between shatter and splatter

is that shatter is (archaic) a fragment of anything shattered while splatter is an uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.

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)

    Anagrams

    * * English ergative verbs

    splatter

    English

    (wikipedia splatter)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
    • He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
  • (attributive) A genre of gory horror.
    • splatter''' film; '''splatter movie

    Verb

  • To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
    • The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
  • To cause (something) to splatter.
    • He splattered paint onto the wall.
  • To spatter (something or somebody).
  • * 2012 , Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise (page 100)
    • Her wet hands splattered him with suds.

    Anagrams

    * * English ergative verbs