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Tatty vs Ragged - What's the difference?

tatty | ragged |

As adjectives the difference between tatty and ragged

is that tatty is dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn while ragged is rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.

As a noun tatty

is potato.

As a verb ragged is

past tense of rag.

tatty

English

Noun

(tatties)
  • (Northern England, Geordie, slang) potato

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • Dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn
    • The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.

    See also

    * tatty bye ----

    ragged

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rag)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.
    • a ragged coat
    a ragged sail
  • Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged.
    • ragged rocks
  • Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
  • * (rfdate) .
    • A ragged noise of mirth.
  • Wearing tattered clothes.
    • a ragged fellow
  • Rough; shaggy; rugged.
  • * (rfdate), .
    • What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 19 , author=Paul fletcher , title=Blackpool 1-2 West Ham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched and ragged .}}

    Derived terms

    * ragged lady * raggedly * raggedness * ragged robin * ragged sailor * ragged school

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