different between slitting vs spitting

English

Verb

slitting

1. present participle of slit

Noun

slitting (plural slittings)

1. The act by which something is slit.
   • 2011, Paula Leverage, Theory of Mind and Literature (page 94)

     […] the Jack the Ripper murders in Whitechapel, during which prostitutes in the poor areas of 1880s and 1890s London became the victims of an infamous string of throat slittings.

Anagrams

• Tlingits, stilting, tiltings, titlings

English

Pronunciation

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

Verb

spitting

1. present participle of spit

Noun

spitting (plural spittings)

1. (chiefly archaic, medicine) expectoration
   • 1837, James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical review: Volume 31 (page 44)

     Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting; all of them were stone-workers.

2. (uncountable) An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.

   Synonym: sprouting

Derived terms

• spitting box

Anagrams

• pittings