different between litter vs witter
litter
English
Etymology
From French litière, from lit (“bed”), from Latin lectus; confer Ancient Greek ??????? (léktron). Had the sense ‘bed’ in very early English, but then came to mean ‘portable couch’, ‘bedding’, ‘strewn rushes (for animals)’, etc.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?t?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?t?/, [?l???]
- Rhymes: -?t?(r)
- Homophone: lidder (US)
Noun
litter (countable and uncountable, plural litters)
- (countable) A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
- (collective, countable) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
- (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
- (uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room
- Strephon [...] / Stole in, and took a strict survey / Of all the litter as it lay.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room
- (uncountable) Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
- (uncountable) Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
- A covering of straw for plants.
Synonyms
- (platform designed to carry a person or a load): palanquin, sedan chair, stretcher, cacolet
- (items discarded on the ground): waste, rubbish, garbage (US), trash (US), junk
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
litter (third-person singular simple present litters, present participle littering, simple past and past participle littered)
- (intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
- (transitive) To scatter carelessly about.
- (transitive) To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
- (transitive) To give birth to, used of animals.
- (intransitive) To produce a litter of young.
- (transitive) To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams
- Tell them how they litter their jades.
- For his ease, well litter'd was the floor.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams
- (intransitive) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
- 1634, William Habington, Castara
- The inn where he and his horse litter'd.
- 1634, William Habington, Castara
Derived terms
- litterer
Translations
Anagrams
- retilt, tilter, titler
Norman
Etymology
From Old French luitier, loitier, luiter (compare French lutter), from Vulgar Latin luct?re, from Latin luctor, luct?r? (“struggle, wrestle, fight”).
Verb
litter
- (Jersey) to wrestle
Derived terms
- litteux (“wrestler”)
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witter
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w?t.?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?t?(r)
Etymology 1
Verb
witter (third-person singular simple present witters, present participle wittering, simple past and past participle wittered)
- (intransitive, informal) To speak at length on a trivial subject.
- She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.
Etymology 2
From Middle English witter, witer, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitr (“wise, knowing”), from Proto-Germanic *witraz (“knowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.
Adjective
witter (comparative more witter, superlative most witter)
- (obsolete or dialectal) knowing, certain, sure, wis.
Etymology 3
From Middle English witteren, witeren, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitra (“to make wise, make sure”), from Proto-Germanic *witr?n? (“to make wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitra (“to make wise, make certain”), Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.
Verb
witter (third-person singular simple present witters, present participle wittering, simple past and past participle wittered)
- (intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) to make sure, inform, or declare.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???t?r/
Adjective
witter
- Comparative form of wit; whiter
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Cognate with Swedish vinter.
Noun
witter m
- winter
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?v?t?]
Verb
witter
- inflection of wittern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?wet?r]
Noun
witter (plural witters)
- (South Scots) water
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