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Tatted vs Matted - What's the difference?

tatted | matted |

As verbs the difference between tatted and matted

is that tatted is past tense of tat while matted is past tense of mat.

As an adjective matted is

forming a thick tangled mess.

tatted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tat)

    • tat

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
  • Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
  • (India) Gunnycloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius or jute.
  • (slang) A tattoo.

    • Verb

  • (intransitive) To make (something by) tatting.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India, dated) A pony.
    • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * rat-a-tat-tat * tit for tat * tatt * tatting * tatty

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    matted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mat)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • forming a thick tangled mess
  • * 1899 ,
    • The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple [...]
  • covered with mats or matting

    • Derived terms

    * nonmatted * unmatted