different between goit vs gnit

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Etymology 1

From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gut? (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.

Noun

goit (plural goits)

1. (Britain, Yorkshire and Lancashire) A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.

Etymology 2

Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.

Noun

goit (plural goits)

1. (informal, derogatory) A fool.

English

Etymology

From Middle English gnit, gnitte, from Old English *gnitte (“gnit; gnat”), from Proto-Germanic *gnitt? (“gnat; midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?neHd?n-, *g?neHd- (“to gnaw, scratch”). Cognate with Low German gnid (“gnit”), German Gnitte, Gnitze (“midge, gnat”). Compare also Danish gnid (“gnat”), Swedish gnet (“nit”), Norwegian gnit (“gnat”), Icelandic gnit, nitur (“gnat”). Related to gnat.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

gnit (plural gnits)

1. A gnat.

Anagrams

• GTIN, Ting, ting