Critter vs. Fritter — What's the Difference?

A living creature.

A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.

A domestic animal, especially a cow, horse, or mule.

A fritter is a portion of meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables or other ingredients which have been battered or breaded, or just a portion of dough without further ingredients, that is deep-fried. Fritters are prepared in both sweet and savory varieties.

A person.

To reduce or squander little by little

A creature, an animal.

To break, tear, or cut into bits; shred.

Any animal; as, lots of critters come out only at night.

A small cake made of batter, often containing fruit, vegetables, or fish, sautéed or deep-fried.

A domestic animal or a non-predatory wild animal; - contrasted with varmint, also dialectal.

A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.

A regional term for creature (especially domestic animals)

# A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.

(transitive) To sinter.

(transitive) To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.

(transitive) To break into small pieces or fragments.

A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.

To break into small pieces or fragments.

Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

Spend frivolously and unwisely;