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mat vs flat

flat vs mat

mat and flat both are nouns.

mat and flat both are adjectives.

mat is a verb but flat is not a verb.

mat is not an adverb while flat is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mat Yes Yes Yes No
flat Yes Yes No Yes
As adjectives, mat and flat are synonyms defined as:
  • mat and flat: not reflecting light; not glossy
Other synonyms of mat include matt, matte, matted.
mat (noun) flat (noun)
a thick flat pad used as a floor covering a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it a deflated pneumatic tire
mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture freight car without permanent sides or roof
a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete a shallow box in which seedlings are started
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven a level tract of land
mat (adjective) flat (adjective)
not reflecting light; not glossy (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
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
mat (verb) flat (verb)
change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
mat (adverb) flat (adverb)
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
with flat sails
Difference between mat and flat

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