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Splatted vs Splatter - What's the difference?

splatted | splatter |

As verbs the difference between splatted and splatter

is that splatted is (splat) while splatter is to splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

As a noun splatter is

an uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.

splatted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (splat)

  • splat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.
  • I didn't see the egg fall, but I heard the splat when it hit the floor.
  • The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.
  • The canvas was covered by seemingly careless splats of paint.
  • (computing, slang) The key on an (Apple Macintosh).
  • (computing, slang) Any of various characters appearing in computer character sets, particularly # and *.
  • The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
  • A move in playboating involving stalling in place while positioned vertically against a solid object in the water.
  • Verb

    (splatt)
  • To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
  • The egg splatted onto the floor.
  • To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.
  • See also

    * plop * splash * sploosh * sploop

    Anagrams

    * * English onomatopoeias

    splatter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
  • He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
  • (attributive) A genre of gory horror.
  • splatter''' film; '''splatter movie

    Verb

  • To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
  • The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
  • To cause (something) to splatter.
  • He splattered paint onto the wall.
  • To spatter (something or somebody).
  • * 2012 , Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise (page 100)
  • Her wet hands splattered him with suds.