Teat vs. Teet — What's the Difference?

By Tayyaba Rehman — Updated on September 12, 2023

Which is correct: Teat or Teet
How to spell Teat?

Teat
Correct Spelling

Teet
Incorrect Spelling
Difference Between Teat and Teet
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Definitions
Teat➦
A teat is the projection from the mammary glands of mammals from which milk flows or is ejected for the purpose of feeding young. In many mammals the teat projects from the udder.

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May 17, 2018
Teat➦
A nipple of the mammary gland of a female mammal, from which the milk is sucked by the young.

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May 17, 2018
Teat➦
(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
Synonyms: tit (now vulgar), pap, nipple, dug

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May 17, 2018
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Teat➦
The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.

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May 17, 2018
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