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Slating vs Slatting - What's the difference?

slating | slatting |

As verbs the difference between slating and slatting

is that slating is while slatting is .

As nouns the difference between slating and slatting

is that slating is slates collectively while slatting is an arrangement of slats.

slating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Slates collectively.
  • Material for slating.
  • (informal) A harsh criticism.
    • His new book got a real slating .

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    slatting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An arrangement of slats.
  • The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail when being hauled down.
  • * 2010 , Roger D. Taylor, Mingming and the Art of Minimal Ocean Sailing (page 39)
    • Weakened by the strains of sailing in a severe gale and, no doubt, by the accumulated bangings and endless slattings of the previous year's ocean calms, the top batten had fractured, creating an ineffective and unsightly deep V shape in the top sail panel.