The difference between Batten and Improve

When used as verbs, batten means to become better, whereas improve means to make (something) better.


Batten is also noun with the meaning: a thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.

check bellow for the other definitions of Batten and Improve

  1. Batten as a verb (intransitive):

    To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.

  2. Batten as a verb (intransitive):

    To feed ; to revel .

  3. Batten as a verb (intransitive):

    To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.

  4. Batten as a verb (intransitive):

    To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.

    Examples:

    "Robber barons who battened on the poor"

  5. Batten as a verb (intransitive):

    To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.

  6. Batten as a verb (transitive):

    To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.

  7. Batten as a verb (transitive):

    To fertilize or enrich, as land.

  1. Batten as a noun:

    A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.

  2. Batten as a noun (nautical):

    A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.

  3. Batten as a noun:

    In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.

  4. Batten as a noun:

    The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

  1. Batten as a verb:

    To furnish with battens.

  2. Batten as a verb (nautical):

    To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.

  1. Improve as a verb (transitive):

    To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).

    Examples:

    "Painting the woodwork will improve this house."

    "Buying more servers would improve performance."

  2. Improve as a verb (intransitive):

    To become better.

    Examples:

    "I have improved since taking the tablets."

    "The error messages have improved since the last version, when they were incomprehensible."

  3. Improve as a verb (obsolete):

    To disprove or make void; to refute.

  4. Improve as a verb (obsolete):

    To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.

    Examples:

    "to improve negligence"

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  5. Improve as a verb (dated):

    To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

    Examples:

    "to improve one's time;  to improve his means"