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Slat vs Stat - What's the difference?

slat | stat |

As nouns the difference between slat and stat

is that slat is a thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal while stat is short for statistic.

As verbs the difference between slat and stat

is that slat is to construct or provide with slats while stat is to assign statistics to (a monster, etc. in a game).

As an adverb stat is

immediately; now; usually used in medical situations, to connote extreme urgency.

slat

English

(wikipedia slat)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal.
    • slats of a window blind
  • (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.

    • Verb

  • To construct or provide with slats.
  • To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
  • * Marston
    • "How did you kill him?" "Slatted his brains out."
  • (UK, dialect) To split; to crack.
    • (Halliwell)
  • To set on; to incite.

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    stat

    English

    (wikipedia stat)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Immediately; now; usually used in medical situations, to connote extreme urgency.

    • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Short for statistic.
  • Short for statistics.

    • Verb

  • (slang, gaming, transitive) To assign statistics to (a monster, etc. in a game).
    • If you stat it, they will kill it.

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