different between jitty vs ditty

English

Noun

jitty (plural jitties)

1. (colloquial, Midlands) Alternative spelling of gitty (the narrow passage between rows of terraced houses or a fenced or hedged pathway linking two areas of a village).

Usage notes

The term is used in the English Midlands and also in mining communities in the south-east, notably Aylesham. Derived from Low German "twiete" (alley), historic usage in Sussex as "twitten".

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:alley

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