Splatter vs. Splash — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Splatter and Splash
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Splatter
To spatter (a surface or object), especially to soil with splashes of liquid.
Splash
To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.
Splatter
To cause (a liquid) to fall on a surface or object.
Splash
To scatter fluid onto (a surface) in flying masses; wet, stain, or soil with flying fluid.
Splatter
To spatter, especially to fall or strike something so as to cause splashes.
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Splash
To cause (something) to scatter fluid in flying masses
Splashed their hands in the water.
Splatter
A splash of liquid.
Splash
To make (one's way) with or by the scattering of fluid.
Splatter
Characterized by gory violence
Splatter films.
Splash
To apply patches or spots of a contrasting, usually bright, color to
A floral pattern that was splashed with pink.
Moonlight splashing the deserted courtyard.
Splatter
An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
Splash
To display or publicize very noticeably
Their engagement was splashed all over the tabloids.
Splatter
A genre of gory horror.
Splatter film; splatter movie
Splash
To cause a fluid to scatter in flying masses
Splashed about in the swimming pool.
Splatter
Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal.
Splash
To fall into or move through fluid with this effect
We splashed through the waves.
Splatter
(intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
Splash
To move, spill, or fly about in scattered masses
Whipped cream splashed onto the counter.
Splatter
(transitive) To cause (something) to splatter.
He splattered paint onto the wall.
Splash
To produce a sound or sight associated with this effect.
Splatter
(transitive) To spatter (something or somebody).
Splash
The act or sound of splashing
Went for a splash in the lake.
Heard the splash of the fish being thrown back.
Splatter
To spatter; to splash.
Splash
A flying mass of fluid.
Splatter
The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively;
He heard a spatter of gunfire
Splash
A small amount, especially of a fluid
A splash of liqueur on the cake.
Splatter
A small quantity of something moist or soft;
A dab of paint
A splatter of mud
Splash
A marking produced by or as if by scattered fluid
A splash of light.
Splatter
Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container;
Spill the milk
Splatter water
Splash
A great though often short-lived impression; a stir
A publicity splash.
Splatter
Dash a liquid upon or against;
The mother splashed the baby's face with water
Splash
(onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
Splash
A small amount of liquid.
I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.
I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
Splash
A small amount (of color).
The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful
Splash
A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.
Splash
An impact or impression.
The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.
Splash
A splash screen.
Splash
(wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
Splash
(dated) A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
Splash
(journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.
Splash
The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
Splash
The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
Splash
A knife.
Splash
To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
Sit and splash in the bathtub
Splash
To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
Water splashed everywhere
Splash
(transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.
When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
Splash
To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
Splash
(transitive) To spend (money).
After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
Splash
(figurative) To roughly fill with color.
Splash
To launch a ship.
Splash
To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
Splash
To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
Splash
To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
Splash
To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
Splash
To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
Splash
Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.
Splash
A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
Splash
The sound like water splashing
Splash
A small quantity of something moist or soft;
A dab of paint
A splatter of mud
Splash
The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
Splash
The act of scattering water about haphazardly
Splash
Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force;
She splashed the water around her
Splash
Walk through mud or mire;
We had to splosh across the wet meadow
Splash
Dash a liquid upon or against;
The mother splashed the baby's face with water
Splash
Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered;
The mountain was splashed with snow
Splash
Make a splashing sound;
Water was splashing on the floor
Splash
Soil or stain with a splashed liquid
Splash
Strike and dash about in a liquid;
The boys splashed around in the pool
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