Hitter vs. Batter — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hitter and Batter
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Hitter
One who hits or strikes something.
Batter
To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
Hitter
(Baseball) A batter.
Batter
To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse.
Hitter
One who or that which hits.
The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.
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Batter
To damage, as by heavy wear
A shed battered by high winds.
Hitter
(slang) An assassin for hire; a hitman.
Batter
To attack verbally, as with criticism.
Hitter
(baseball) One who comes up to bat.
Batter
To harass or distress, as with repeated questions.
Hitter
One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
Batter
To deliver repeated heavy blows; pound
Battered on the door with both fists.
Hitter
The batter; as, there are two strikes on the hitter.
Batter
To coat in batter
Battered the vegetables and then fried them.
Hitter
(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
Batter
To construct so as to create an upwardly receding slope.
Hitter
Someone who hits;
A hard hitter
A fine striker of the ball
Blacksmiths are good hitters
Batter
A damaged area on the face of type or on a plate.
Batter
The player at bat in baseball and cricket.
Batter
A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, milk, and eggs, used in cooking.
Batter
A slope, as of the outer face of a wall, that recedes from bottom to top.
Batter
To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
The firemen battered down the door.
Batter
(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
Batter
(figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
Batter
To intoxicate.
That cocktails will batter you!
I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
Batter
(metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Batter
(architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
Batter
A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
Pancake batter
To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the cake batter.
Batter
A binge; a heavy drinking session.
When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
Batter
A paste of clay or loam.
Batter
A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Batter
An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
Batter
(baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
Batter
(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
Batter
(cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
Batter
(cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
Batter
To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.
Batter
To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
Batter
To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Batter
To slope gently backward.
Batter
A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
Batter
Paste of clay or loam.
Batter
A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Batter
A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
Batter
The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the batsman.
Batter
(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
Batter
A flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon
Batter
Strike against forcefully;
Winds buffeted the tent
Batter
Strike violently and repeatedly;
She clobbered the man who tried to attack her
Batter
Make a dent or impression in;
Dinge a soft hat
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