different between blackhead vs zit

English

Etymology

black + head

Noun

blackhead (countable and uncountable, plural blackheads)

1. (countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
2. (uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
3. (countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.

Translations

Further reading

• blackhead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Blackhead in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.

English

Etymology

Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

zit (plural zits)

1. (US, slang) pimple
   • 1968, J. Lawrence Hagen, "Pinball 1959", Generation volume 20–21, page 182:

     I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits.

   • 1987Adventures in Babysitting, 00:06:35:

     Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits?

Synonyms

• acker, akker (Archaic Australian slang)

Derived terms

• zitso
• zitty

Translations

See also

• acne
• blackhead
• pimple
• spot

Anagrams

• tiz

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?t/
• Hyphenation: zit
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From zitten.

Noun

zit m (plural zitten, diminutive zitje n)

1. the act of sitting
2. (Belgium, by extension) an exam term at university or an institution of intermediate tertiary education
3. seat
4. (by extension) a seat in a legislative or regulatory group (e.g. in a parliament or a board)

Synonyms

• (the act of sitting): zitting
• (exam term): zittijd
• (seat): zetel, zeet
• (seat in a group): zetel, zitje

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zit

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of zitten
2. imperative of zitten

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German z?t, from Proto-Germanic *t?diz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ti- (“time, period”), from *d?- (“time”).

Noun

z?t f

1. time

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Ziit, Zit
• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: zait

  Mòcheno: zait

• Central Franconian: Zeck, Zick
• German: Zeit
• Hunsrik: Zeid
• Luxembourgish: Zäit
• Pennsylvania German: Zeit
• Vilamovian: cajt
• Yiddish: ????? (tsayt)

Paipai

Noun

zit

1. day