different between bitsy vs bitey

English

bits +? -y

bitsy (comparative bitsier, superlative bitsiest)

Fragmented.
Very small, tiny.
- 1994, Josette Dermody Wingo, Mother Was a Gunner's Mate: World War II in the Waves, 2000 page 25,
  The models are all made to scale — twelve inches for our big new battle wagons and the carriers; the older battleships and the others, cruisers, destroyers, get littler and littler, down to the bitsiest ones.
- 1995, J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts), Glory in Death, 2000, unnumbered page,
  He never leaves anything out, not the tiniest memo, the bitsiest note.

From bite +? -y.

bitey (comparative bitier, superlative bitiest)

(informal) Inclined to bite.
- 2006, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time
  It has all the beauty of an idyllic tropical island without any of the nasty, bitey stuff.

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