Spatter vs. Splatter: What’s the Difference?

  • Spatter (verb)

    To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.

    “When my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water.”

  • Spatter (verb)

    To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.

  • Spatter (verb)

    To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.

    “to spatter blood”

  • Spatter (verb)

    To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.

  • Spatter (verb)

    To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).

    “Make sure the pieces of fish are dry before you put them into the hot oil so that it doesn’t spatter.”

  • Spatter (verb)

    To injure by aspersion; to defame.

  • Spatter (noun)

    A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.

  • Spatter (noun)

    A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.

    “There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall.”

  • Spatter (noun)

    The sound of droplets hitting a surface.

  • Spatter (noun)

    A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.

  • Spatter (noun)

    A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.

  • Splatter (noun)

    An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.

    “He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.”

  • Splatter (noun)

    A genre of gory horror.

    “splatter film; splatter movie”

  • Splatter (verb)

    To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

    “The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.”

  • Splatter (verb)

    To cause (something) to splatter.

    “He splattered paint onto the wall.”

  • Splatter (verb)

    To spatter (something or somebody).

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