What is the difference between spittoon and spat?
spittoon | spat |
a receptacle for spit.
the absorbent pad an ink cartridge rests on in an inkjet printer.
(spit)
The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
* 2005 , TVR Pillay & MN Kutty, Aquaculture: Principles and practices , p. 525:
(ambitransitive) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
(automotive) (UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
to quarrel or argue briefly
(transitive, and, intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
* 1922 , , The Trail of the White Mule , ch. 3:
* 2007 , Nolan Clay, "
(US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
* Sylvester Judd
An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
As nouns the difference between spittoon and spat
is that spittoon is a receptacle for spit while spat is the spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs or spat can be a covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe or spat can be a brief argument, falling out, quarrel or spat can be a light blow with something flat or spat can be an obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol s), equal to one billion kilometres.As a verb spat is
(spit) or spat can be to spawn used of shellfish as above or spat can be to quarrel or argue briefly or spat can be (transitive|and|intransitive) to strike with a spattering sound.spittoon
English
(wikipedia spittoon)Noun
(en noun)Alternative forms
* spitoonSynonyms
* cuspidorspat
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) spittan,Verb
(head)- There was no sink in the room so we spat out the window.
- If I had known you had a spittoon in the corner I would never have spat on the floor.
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin; perhaps related to (spit).Noun
(-)- As spat-fall often occurs in areas away from environments suitable for oyster growing, the collection, transport and sale of oyster spat has developed into a separate industry.
Verb
(spatt)Etymology 3
Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (automotive) fender skirt (US)See also
* gaiterEtymology 4
1804. American English, unknown origin.Verb
(spatt)- (Smart)
Etymology 5
Attested from 1823.Verb
(spatt)- He felt the wind of a second bullet that spatted against a boulder near Barney.
Co-workers testify about Kelsey's mother," Daily Oklahoman , 13 July, (retrieved 25 Aug. 2009):
- "She mentioned she had spatted Kelsey on her diaper with a hairbrush," said Mildred Johnson, a co-worker.
- Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands.
