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Shuttered vs Scuttered - What's the difference?

shuttered | scuttered |

As verbs the difference between shuttered and scuttered

is that shuttered is past tense of shutter while scuttered is past tense of scutter.

shuttered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (shutter)

    • shutter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who shuts or closes something.
  • * (Max Beerbohm)
    • it would be very difficult to pack this drawing in such a way that it would be sure not to be injured by the frantic fingers of the openers and shutters .
  • (usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
  • (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.

    • Derived terms

    * roller shutter * shutter priority * shutter speed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To close shutters covering.
    • Shutter the windows, there's a storm coming!
  • To close up (a building or an operation) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
    • It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.
    The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.

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    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