Splutter vs Splatter - What's the difference?
splutter | splatter |
to spray droplets while speaking
to speak hurriedly and confusedly
to perform to a substandard level
*{{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 5
, author=Mark Ashenden
, title=Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea
, work=BBC
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)
As verbs the difference between splutter and splatter
is that splutter is to spray droplets while speaking 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.splutter
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Manchester City, Liverpool, Bolton and Manchester United come next for Wolves in the Premier League but McCarthy's men will fear no one after beating Chelsea for the first time in 18 years, while Ancelotti has much to ponder as his players continue to splutter .}}
splatter
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.