different between catery vs watery

English

cater +? -y? See cater (noun).

catery (plural cateries)

From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteri? (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watar?g. Equivalent to water +? -y.

watery (comparative waterier, superlative wateriest)

Resembling or characteristic of water.
- 2005, Robert L. Mott, Radio Sound Effects
  The prop also gave a good watery sound to those early radio rainstorms.
Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
Diluted or having too much water.
(of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
Weak and insipid.
Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
I took my cat to the vet because I was worried about his watery eyes.
Tearful.

(characteristic of water): waterish
- See also Thesaurus:runny
- aqueous, aquose
(soaked with water): drenched, moist, waterlogged; see also Thesaurus:wet
(having too much water): wishy-washy
(weak, insipid): bland, flavorless (figuratively); see also Thesaurus:insipid

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