"Splashing" - whats the difference?

Question

Salut.Il y a une différence entre écablousser et patauger?

Accepted Answer

Hi Ash, 
The verb 'éclabousser' is to splash / to smear with a liquid.
It is normally what you do to others when you dive into a swimming pool.
se faire éclabousser = to get splashed
Je me suis fait éclabousser par une voiture qui passait = I got splashed by a passing car 
 The verb 'patauger' is what children do with their feet in a small pond or pool , to wade about.
Thanks, Stephanie and Paul, 'palm' which should be 'paume' here and has now been corrected. 
Bonne Continuation!

Answer

Hi Ash,As I understand it    --  "éclabousser" is to splash, but perhaps quite forcibly (to cause staining?)"patauger"  is to wade / trudge / paddle and  perhaps also splash but due to the previous actions?Hope this helpsJim.

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Several times a word in my answer was crossed out as wrong, but then used in one of the alternate translations--barbotant and compétences were two specific examples. It was a little confusing.

Also, paume was marked wrong and replaced with palme, which as far as I can tell is a mistake.

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Stephanie - I think you are right. Pretty sure it should be "dans la paume (pas palme) de ma main". (And your 2 alternate translations seem OK to me too)