Difference between Sputter and Splutter

What is the difference between Sputter and Splutter?

Sputter as a verb is to spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking. while Splutter as a verb is to spray droplets while speaking.

Sputter

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering. To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech. To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions To coat the surface of an object by sputtering

Splutter

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To spray droplets while speaking.To speak hurriedly and confusedly.

We hope you now know whether to use Sputter or Splutter in your sentence.

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