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Bunny vs Kit - What's the difference?

bunny | kit |

As nouns the difference between bunny and kit

is that bunny is a culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches while kit is a circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.

As adjectives the difference between bunny and kit

is that bunny is in skiing, easy or unchallenging while kit is something which came originally in kit form.

As a verb kit is

to assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.

As an initialism KIT is

keep in touch.

As a proper noun Kit is

a diminutive of the male given name Christopher.

bunny

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(bunnies)
  • A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
  • A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
  • Any small drain or culvert.
  • A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
  • A small pool of water.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bony, .

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A swelling from a blow; a bump.
  • (mining) A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.

    • Etymology 3

    From .

    Noun

    (bunnies)
  • A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
  • A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
  • (sports) In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
  • (South Africa) bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry
  • * 2008 , Steve Pike, Surfing South Africa (page 258)
    • Surfers from Durban grew up on bunnies . You get the curry in the bread with the removed square chunk, used to dunk back in the curry.
    Derived terms
    * angst bunny * badge bunny * bunny girl * bunny rabbit * cuddle bunny * dust bunny * Easter Bunny * gym bunny * snuggle bunny * that's the bunny * bunny wunny * snow bunny

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) In skiing, easy or unchallenging.
    • Let’s start on the bunny hill.
    Synonyms
    * nursery

    Etymology 4

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a bun
    • Synonyms
    * (resembling a bun) bunlike

    kit

    English

    (wikipedia kit)

    Etymology 1

    English from the 14th century, from a Dutch kitte'', a wooden vessel made of hooped staves. Related to Dutch ''kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
  • A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.
  • * 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):
    • He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
  • A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
  • Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
    • Always carry a good first-aid kit .
  • A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
    • I built the entire car from a kit .
  • (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. }}
  • (UK, informal) Clothing.
    • Get your kit off and come to bed.
  • (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
  • drum kit
    • Derived terms
    * airfix kit * first aid kit * football kit * kit and caboodle * kit out * kitbag * model kit * pack-up kit * toolkit * electronic kit * robot kit * starter kit * body kit * kit car

    Verb

    (kitt)
  • To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.
    • We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Something which came originally in kit form.
    • kit car

    Etymology 2

    A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte'', ''kitt ). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • kitten
  • kit fox

    • Etymology 3

    16th century, perhaps from cithara

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a kit violin
  • * Grew
    • A dancing master's kit .
  • * Charles Dickens, Bleak House
    • Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

    Etymology 4

    (ca. 1880).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons

    • Anagrams

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