different between splatter vs splutter

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a blend of splash +? spatter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?splæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?(r)

Noun

splatter (countable and uncountable, plural splatters)

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

2. (uncountable, attributive) A genre of gory horror.

Translations

Verb

splatter (third-person singular simple present splatters, present participle splattering, simple past and past participle splattered)

1. (intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.

2. (transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.

3. (transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
   • 2012, Kimberly J. Heide, Doors of Promise (page 100)

     Her wet hands […] splattered him with suds.

Translations

Anagrams

• Platters, partlets, platters, prattles, sprattle

English

Etymology

From a variant of sputter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?spl?t?/

Verb

splutter (third-person singular simple present splutters, present participle spluttering, simple past and past participle spluttered)

1. To sputter.
   • 1867, Aunt Judy's Annual Volume (volumes 2-3, page 169)

     The log on the fire spluttered and sent a cloud of sparks up the chimney, and shadows of the bell-ringers started up on the walls and disappeared in the intricacies of the roof.

   • 1951, Lloyd Louis Brown, Iron City (page 198)

     The old-fashioned pen spluttered and scratched as he wrote.

2. To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while speaking.
3. To speak hurriedly and confusedly.
4. To perform to a substandard level.

Translations

Noun

splutter (plural splutters)

1. A spluttering.

   a sputter of water from a pipe

   a sputter of rage from the old man