different between fitch vs sitch

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of fitchew.

Noun

fitch (plural fitches)

1. The European polecat, Mustela putorius.
2. The skin of the polecat

Translations

Etymology 2

See vetch.

Noun

fitch

1. (obsolete) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads "spelt".

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sich, siche, from Old English s?? (“a watercourse; sike”), from Proto-Germanic *s?k? (“slow flowing water; a trickle”).

Alternative forms

• sytch, sitche, sytch (obsolete)
• sich, siche (dialectal)

Pronunciation

Noun

sitch (plural sitches)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A brook; ditch; gutter; drain; ravine.

Related terms

• sike

Etymology 2

Shortening of situation, with phonetic respelling.

Noun

sitch (plural sitches)

1. (slang) Situation.
   • 2005, Lois H. Gresh & Robert E. Weinberg, The science of supervillains, John Wiley and Sons, page 1:

     So here's the sitch: Bruce Banner and Betty Ross Talbot are falling from roughly eight miles high.

   • 2007, George Bennett Fain, Pandora's Box, Lulu.com, page 159:

     Valeska had insisted 'she' stay, sleep where it was definitely safe. Just 'til the sitch could be settled.

   • 2008, Editors of TEEN magazine, Teen Uncover the Real You: A Quiz Book, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., page 2:

     Maybe one is more introspective and the other is more outgoing. Whatever the sitch, you two balance each other out.

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Great, I'll see you back in there. Also, I wouldn't lose my mind if you decided to chew a stick of gum. Thanks for understanding the sitch, Gina, you're a china doll.

Anagrams

• Tisch, chist, chits, sicht, stich