slat vs splat

slat and splat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slat	Yes	No	Yes	No
splat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, splat is a hyponym of slat; that is, splat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than slat:

Other hyponyms of slat include lath, fin, louver, louvre, lag, stave.

slat (noun)	splat (noun)
a thin strip (wood or metal)	a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
	a single splash

slat (verb)	splat (verb)
close the slats of (windows)	split open and flatten for cooking
equip or bar with slats	flatten on impact
	give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact