As verbs the difference between spitting and spatting
is that spitting is while spatting is .
As a noun spitting
is (chiefly|archaic|medicine) expectoration.
spitting
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
(chiefly, archaic, medicine) expectoration
* 1837 , James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical review: Volume 31 (page 44)
- Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting ; all of them were stone-workers.