Torn vs. Tattered — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Torn and Tattered
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Torn
Past participle of tear1.
Tattered
Torn into shreds; ragged.
Torn
Past participle of tear(rip, rend, speed).
Tattered
Having ragged clothes; dressed in tatters.
Torn
Having edges that are jagged from injury
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Tattered
Shabby or dilapidated.
Torn
Disrupted by the pull of contrary forces;
Torn between love and hate
Torn by conflicting loyalties
Torn by religious dissensions
Tattered
Disordered or disrupted.
Tattered
Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.
Tattered
Dressed in tatters or rags; ragged.
Tattered
(obsolete) Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken.
Tattered
Simple past tense and past participle of tatter
Tattered
Worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing;
A man in a tattered shirt
The tattered flag
Tied up in tattered brown paper
A tattered barefoot boy
A tatterdemalion prince
Tattered
Ruined or disrupted;
Our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity
A tattered remnant of its former strength
My torn and tattered past
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