What's the difference between blatter and clatter?
Blatter
Definition:
(v. i.) To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Blatter requires a two-thirds majority of the 209 voters to triumph in the opening round, with a simple majority required if it goes to a second round.
(2) For a start, why on earth was Platini being paid in February 2011 for work he did at Fifa, as Blatter’s special advisor, which finished nine years earlier?
(3) Blatter’s spokesman, Klaus Stöhlker, told Press Association on Thursday: “Before the decision was taken, in the case of Russia and the USA there were ‘behind-the-curtain’ talks.
(4) Nonetheless, Blatter was investigated by Swiss police over his attempts in secret to repay more than £1m worth of bribes pocketed by football officials.
(5) Blatter announced his decision to resign during a hastily scheduled press conference, stating he will leave Fifa after 17 years at the helm.
(6) But it is the presence of Webb on the list that is potentially most troubling for Blatter, who has been at Fifa for 40 years since moving from watchmaker Longines to become the protege of his now disgraced predecessor João Havelange.
(7) The South Korean sat on Fifa’s executive committee for 17 years until 2011 but claims he was a lone voice of criticism against Blatter for much of that time.
(8) Each was accused of giving Caribbean officials $40,000 in cash to gain support for Bin Hammam's presidential campaign against Blatter last summer.
(9) And this naturally provokes envy and jealousy.” Asked when they fell out, Blatter said: “It was after he was elected Uefa president in 2007.
(10) The FA board has hosted both Blatter and Bin Hammam, and is expected to discuss the issue at its board meeting on 19 May.
(11) Vincent Kompany, the Manchester City and Belgium captain, wrote on Twitter: “Blatter wasn’t sole responsible, more have to follow.
(12) Meanwhile, Sepp Blatter will continue to plan his campaign to be re-elected for a fifth term as Fifa president in April next year despite having earlier insisted this would be his last.
(13) Mr Platini, the FA’s choice of candidate for Fifa president on the grounds that he isn’t quite as hostile to the British media as Mr Blatter, is also temporarily suspended from football.
(14) In a statement this week, Fifa insisted that neither Blatter nor Valcke initiated the payment but a letter quickly emerged that showed the Fifa general secretary was aware of the detail in 2008.
(15) Blatter revealed he wants to see TV replays used in a domestic league and at the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand in 2015, saying that managers could question the referee’s decision, once or twice a half, adding: “We could test such challenge calls”.
(16) "I was deeply moved by the tragedy," says Sepp Blatter.
(17) Blatter said the tournament was now “anchored” and could not be withdrawn.
(18) Keane claims the Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, and his Uefa counterpart, Michel Platini, got the result they would have wanted last night.
(19) President Sepp Blatter has run the "Fifa family" – as insiders are prone to call it – as its mafia-don-in-chief since 1998, and he absolutely needs to go.
(20) To those digesting the latest allegations levelled at Qatar's successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup , Blatter's rallying of support from the 209 Fifa members will appear extraordinary.
Clatter
Definition:
(v. i.) To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.
(v. i.) To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.
(v. t.) To make a rattling noise with.
(n.) A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.
(n.) Commotion; disturbance.
(n.) Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Now Michael, what was the word I just said?” I told her the word was “Monday” and, with no more ado, she returned to her desk and clattered something out on her computer.
(2) 2.23am GMT Thoughts on the refereeing... Adam Large (@largeam) @ busfield Useless MLS referee.Letting Houston foul at will and things are already getting out of hand.I'm not a KC fan, but seriously... November 8, 2012 Updated at 2.23am GMT 2.22am GMT 12 mins Beautiful little flick by Kamara down the left, before he's clattered by Garcia.
(3) Richard Dunne clatters into him late, the goalkeeper goes down and several France players swarm around Dunne to voice their displeasure at the Ireland defender.
(4) 20-odd seconds: Suarez goes for a loose ball down the inside-right channel and clatters into the back of Ferdinand, who in turn wallops Evra.
(5) With the eight lanes of France’s most famous avenue cleared of all traffic on Paris’s first car-free day , the usual cacophony of car-revving and thundering motorbike engines had given way to the squeak of bicycle wheels, the clatter of skateboards, the laughter of children on rollerblades and even the gentle rustling of wind in the trees.
(6) A doltish young buck, hairless and pouting, will clatter through the doors of an annoying boutique.
(7) He's also clattered, allowing Toure the chance to belt a fierce shot at goal from out wide.
(8) Beyond the clattering of cameras and some polite pleasantries about the families, it was impossible to tell exactly what the monarch-in-waiting learned from the commander-in-chief – but he seems to be picking up some lessons on US political campaigning at least.
(9) 5.06pm BST 4 mins: Talking of Webb and his decisions, Fernandinho clatters Charles Aranguiz after the ball's gone and gets away with it because it's a little too early for yellow cards.
(10) After the own goal, the game’s full-blooded, directionless nature was epitomised when Ashley Williams, the Wales captain, clattered into Jonny Williams, leaving them both in need of treatment.
(11) He clatters into Kirm again, and is lucky to escape a booking.
(12) Williams, however, was starting to find her groove and despite giving Mattek-Sands hope with a break back at 5-3, two clattering returns helped her break again at 6-5 to clinch the set and level up.
(13) He's now clattered clumsily into the back of Matuidi.
(14) As the train clatters downtown, I allow myself to feel feisty, and just a little bit fond.
(15) The former clatters, accidentally, into the latter.
(16) Winchell's quick-fire radio and TV shows, where he delivered news and gossip, accompanied by clattering telexes, gave him enormous power, and he perfected the use of slang to avoid legal disputes, promising his listeners each week the lowdown on celebrity and politics, "the very very low low down down".
(17) We hear only noises – a burst of gunfire and the clatter of broken glass: she could be watching Harrison Ford fight back against the hijackers in Petersen’s Air Force One .
(18) Webb, in truth, had been given no choice in a contest that bristled from the opening exchange, when Robin van Persie flew in late to clatter Sergio Busquets behind the Spaniard's right knee.
(19) My pace was slow; a mountain biker whizzed past me, his spokes clattering as small stones ricocheted off.
(20) Aggrieved that Colback, already booked for going in late on Muniesa, had escaped a yellow card for clattering into Victor Moses a couple of minutes earlier, Stoke’s bench looked far from amused.