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Tatter vs Strand - What's the difference?

tatter | strand |

As nouns the difference between tatter and strand

is that tatter is a shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing while strand is the shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.

As verbs the difference between tatter and strand

is that tatter is to destroy an article of clothing by shredding while strand is to run aground; to beach.

As a proper noun Strand is

a street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.

tatter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
  • A person engaged in tatting.
  • Verb

  • To destroy an article of clothing by shredding.
  • strand

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) strand, strond, from (etyl) . Cognate with West Frisian straun, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
  • Grand Strand
  • The shore or beach of a lake or river.
  • A small brook or rivulet.
  • A passage for water; gutter.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To run aground; to beach.
  • (figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
  • (baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
  • Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
    Synonyms
    * (run aground) beach * (leave someone in a difficult situation) abandon, desert

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain. Cognate with (etyl) stran, strawn, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
  • A string.
  • An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
  • strand of spaghetti
    strand of hair .
  • (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
  • (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
  • strand of truth
  • ( genetics) A nucleotide chain.
  • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * do the strand

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break a strand of (a rope).
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