Slathered vs Covered - What's the difference?
slathered | covered |
(slather)
(culinary) A thick sauce or spread that is to be slathered (spread thickly) onto food.
Drool (especially if abundant).
* 1983 , Edda: A Collection of Essays (Robert James Glendinning), page 177:
(usually, in the plural) A generous or abundant quantity.
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, title= * 1919 , (Lucy Maud Montgomery), Rainbow Valley , ch. 24,
To spread something thickly on something else; to coat well.
(often followed by with) To apply generously upon.
Overlaid with or enclosed within something.
(figuratively) prepared for, or dealt with some matter
:I think that we have covered everything that was on the agenda
:With my insurance, I am covered for earthquake damage also
:(poker) Having more money available for betting than another player.
:: John has $100 on the table, while Jill only has $75. John has Jill covered .
(cover)
As verbs the difference between slathered and covered
is that slathered is (slather) while covered is (cover).As an adjective covered is
overlaid with or enclosed within something.slathered
English
Verb
(head)slather
English
Noun
(en noun)- [The river] Ván'' in ''SnE I 21 is mentioned as coming from the slather of the bound Fenris Wolf.
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- In her eyes the manse people were quite fabulously rich, and no doubt those girls had slathers of shoes and stockings.
Verb
(en verb)- I slathered jam on my toast.
- I slathered my toast with jam.