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Bitsy vs Itsy - What's the difference?

bitsy | itsy |

As adjectives the difference between bitsy and itsy

is that bitsy is fragmented while itsy is (informal) very small; itty.

bitsy

English

Alternative forms

* bitty

Adjective

(er)
  • Fragmented.
  • Very small, tiny.
  • * 1994 , Josette Dermody Wingo, Mother Was a Gunner's Mate: World War II in the Waves , 2000 page 25,
    • The models are all made to scale — twelve inches for our big new battle wagons and the carriers; the older battleships and the others, cruisers, destroyers, get littler and littler, down to the bitsiest ones.
  • * 1995 , J.D. Robb ( , 2000, unnumbered page,
    • He never leaves anything out, not the tiniest memo, the bitsiest note.
  • * 2001 , Eugene Cunningham, Gun Bulldogger , page 34,
    • “It won?t be making the bitsiest bit of difference, Fielder.”

    Derived terms

    * itsy-bitsy/itsy bitsy

    itsy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Very small; itty

    • Derived terms

    * itsy bitsy