Difference between Tattered and Shattered

What is the difference between Tattered and Shattered?

Tattered as a verb is to destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding. while Shattered as a verb is to violently break something into pieces.

Tattered

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged dressed in tatters or rags; ragged dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken

Shattered

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To violently break something into pieces.

Example sentence: It was the Cosby family on the cover, but overlaid on that, it appeared to be a shattered glass. So it really wasn't just about the shattering of the Huxtables: it was really a shattering of the black family. And it was a question about that and where do we stand on that.

We hope you now know whether to use Tattered or Shattered in your sentence.

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