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flat vs matte

matte vs flat

flat and matte both are nouns.

flat and matte both are adjectives.

flat is not a verb while matte is a verb.

flat is an adverb but matte is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
flat Yes Yes No Yes
matte Yes Yes Yes No
As adjectives, flat and matte are synonyms defined as:
  • flat and matte: not reflecting light; not glossy
Other synonyms of flat include mat, matt, matted.
flat (noun) matte (noun)
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
a deflated pneumatic tire
freight car without permanent sides or roof
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
a level tract of land
flat (adjective) matte (adjective)
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone not reflecting light; not glossy
lacking contrast or shading between tones
not reflecting light; not glossy
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
horizontally level
commercially inactive
lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
having lost effervescence
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
lacking taste or flavor or tang
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
not modified or restricted by reservations
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
flat (verb) matte (verb)
change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
flat (adverb) matte (adverb)
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
with flat sails
Difference between flat and matte

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