Smear vs Splatter - What's the difference?
smear | splatter |
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
To become spread by smearing.
To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
A mark made by smearing.
(medicine) A Pap smear.
A false attack.
A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
A rough glissando in jazz music.
An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
(attributive) A genre of gory horror.
To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
To cause (something) to splatter.
To spatter (something or somebody).
* 2012 , Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise (page 100)
In transitive terms the difference between smear and splatter
is that smear is to damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions while splatter is to spatter (something or somebody).In intransitive terms the difference between smear and splatter
is that smear is to become spread by smearing while splatter is to splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.smear
English
Verb
(en verb)- The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
- She smeared her lips with lipstick.
- ''The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.
- The paint is still wet — don't touch it or it will smear .
Synonyms
* spread * (have a substance smeared on) coat, cover, layerDerived terms
* smearerNoun
(en noun)- This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears .
- I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear .
Synonyms
* (mark) streak * (Pap smear) Pap smear, Pap testDerived terms
* cervical smear * smear campaign * smear caseAnagrams
* * * * English ergative verbssplatter
English
(wikipedia splatter)Noun
(en noun)- He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
- splatter''' film; '''splatter movie
Verb
- The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
- He splattered paint onto the wall.
- Her wet hands splattered him with suds.