Patter vs. Tatter — What's the Difference?

Patter is a prepared and practiced speech that is designed to produce a desired response from its audience. Examples of occupations with a patter might include the auctioneer, salesperson, dance caller, magician, or comedian.

A torn and hanging piece of cloth; a shred.

To make a quick succession of light soft tapping sounds

Tatters Torn and ragged clothing; rags.

To move with quick, light, softly audible steps.

One that makes tatting, especially as a livelihood.

To cause to patter.

To make or become ragged.

To speak or chatter glibly and rapidly.

A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.

To mumble prayers in a mechanical manner.

A person engaged in tatting.

To utter in a glib, rapid, or mechanical manner.

(transitive) To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.

A quick succession of light soft tapping sounds

(intransitive) To fall into tatters.

The jargon of a particular group; cant.

One who makes tatting.

Glib rapid speech, as of an auctioneer, salesperson, or comedian.

A rag, or a part torn and hanging; - chiefly used in the plural.

Meaningless talk; chatter.

To rend or tear into rags; - used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.

A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.

A small piece of cloth or paper

Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.

One who pats.

To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.

To spatter; to sprinkle.

To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.

To repeat the Lord's Prayer.

To pray.

To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.

To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.

To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.

To spatter; to sprinkle.

To mutter; as prayers.

A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.

Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.

The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.

The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as sometimes introduced in songs.

Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

A quick succession of light rapid sounds;

Rain gently;

Make light, rapid and repeated sounds;