Stutter vs Flatter - What's the difference?
stutter | flatter |
(ambitransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
To exhaust a gas with difficulty
A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
(obsolete) One who stutters; a stammerer.
A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
A flat-faced fulling hammer.
A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.
(British, NZ, slang) Someone who lives in a rented flat.
(flat)
to compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour
* Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
* Prescott
to enhance someone's vanity by praising them
to portray something to advantage.
to convey notions of the facts that are believed to be favorable to the hearer without certainty of the truthfulness of the notions conveyed.
As verbs the difference between stutter and flatter
is that stutter is to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds while flatter is to compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour.As nouns the difference between stutter and flatter
is that stutter is a speech disorder characterised by stuttering while flatter is a type of set tool used by blacksmiths.As an adjective flatter is
comparative of flat.stutter
English
(wikipedia stutter)Verb
(en verb)- He stuttered a few words of thanks.
- The engine of the old car stuttered''' going up the slope. I was '''stuttering after the marathon .
Synonyms
* (speak with spasmodic repetition) stammerNoun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* stammerDerived terms
* covert stutter * pseudostuttering * stutterer English reporting verbsflatter
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(wikipedia flatter) (en noun)Adjective
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) flatteren, . More at (l).Verb
(en-verb) (transitive'' and ''intransitive )- A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his feet.
- Others he flattered by asking their advice.
- Her portrait flatters her.