different between ditty vs ditto

English

Etymology

From Middle English dite, ditee, from Old French ditie or dité, from ditier, from Latin dict?re (participle dictatus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?ti/
• Homophones: diddy (US)
• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

ditty (plural ditties)

1. A short verse or tune.
   • 1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalms and Hymns dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments

     And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.

2. A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.

Translations

Verb

ditty (third-person singular simple present ditties, present participle dittying, simple past and past participle dittied)

1. To sing; to warble a little tune.

   • Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.

See also

• ditty bag
• doggerel
• jingle

English

Etymology

First attested in 1625. From regional Italian ditto, variant of detto, past participle of dire (“to say”), from Latin d?c? (“I say, I speak”). Not related to Italian dito (“finger”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?to?/, [?d??o?]
• Rhymes: -?t??

Noun

ditto (plural dittos or dittoes)

1. That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
2. (informal) A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator.

3. A copy; an imitation.
4. A symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.
5. (historical, in the plural) A suit of clothes of the same colour throughout.

Synonyms

• (symbol): ditto mark; (abbreviations): do. (dated), do (rare)

Derived terms

• ditto suit
• suit of dittoes

Translations

Adverb

ditto (not comparable)

1. As said before, likewise.

Translations

Verb

ditto (third-person singular simple present dittos, present participle dittoing, simple past and past participle dittoed)

1. (transitive) To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.
   • 1989, K. K. N. Kurup, Agrarian struggles in Kerala

     The Communists believed that Prakasam, the Prime Minister, never tried to check the bureaucracy but dittoed every action of the corrupt officials and police.

Synonyms

• ape
• echo

Translations

Interjection

ditto

1. Used as an expression of agreement with what another person has said, or to indicate that what they have said equally applies to the person being addressed.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From older Italian ditto. Doublet of diktum.

Adverb

ditto

1. ditto

Interjection

ditto

1. ditto

Portuguese

Noun

ditto m (plural dittos)

1. Obsolete spelling of dito

Adjective

ditto m (feminine singular ditta, masculine plural dittos, feminine plural dittas, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of dito

Verb

ditto

1. Obsolete spelling of dito