Slit vs Slat - What's the difference?
slit | slat |
A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=17 (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina.
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
To cut a narrow opening.
To split in two parts.
To cut; to sever; to divide.
* Milton:
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.
(aeronautical) A movable control surface at the leading edge of a wing that when moved, changes the chord line of the airfoil, affecting the angle of attack. Employed in conjunction with flaps to allow for a lower stall speed in the landing attitude, facilitating slow flight.
To construct or provide with slats.
To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
* Marston
(UK, dialect) To split; to crack.
To set on; to incite.
As nouns the difference between slit and slat
is that slit is a narrow cut or opening; a slot while slat is a thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.As verbs the difference between slit and slat
is that slit is to cut a narrow opening while slat is to construct or provide with slats.slit
English
(wikipedia slit)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}
Verb
- He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
- And slits the thin-spun life.
slat
English
(wikipedia slat)Noun
(en noun)- slats of a window blind
Verb
- "How did you kill him?" "Slatted his brains out."
- (Halliwell)