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Spatted vs Swatted - What's the difference?

spatted | swatted |

As verbs the difference between spatted and swatted

is that spatted is past tense of spat while swatted is past tense of swat.

As an adjective spatted

is adorned with spats.

spatted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (spat)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Adorned with spats.
    • spatted shoes

    swatted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (swat)

    • SWAT

    English

    (wikipedia SWAT)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Acronym

    (Acronym) (head)
  • (chiefly, US, law enforcement) Special weapons and tactics. The area of expertise of police officers trained and equipped to neutralize armed or entrenched criminals.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used attributively before such nouns as (team) or (squad). * While the specific meaning of the acronym applies only to the United States, the term is informally used in other countries to describe similar police teams.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, law enforcement) a SWAT team
    • "This situation is out of control. We need a SWAT team," the policeman said.

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