Cutlet vs. Fritter — What's the Difference?

Cutlet (derived from French côtelette, côte, "rib") refers to:

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 thin slice of meat, usually veal or lamb, cut from the leg or ribs.

To reduce or squander little by little

A patty of chopped meat or fish, usually coated with bread crumbs and fried; a flat croquette.

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

A thin slice of meat, usually fried.

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

A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.

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

A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.

# A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.

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.

A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.

(transitive) To sinter.

Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

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

(transitive) To break into small pieces or fragments.

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 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;