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Chatters vs Chitters - What's the difference?

chatters | chitters |

As verbs the difference between chatters and chitters

is that chatters is third-person singular of chatter while chitters is third-person singular of chitter.

chatters

English

Verb

(head)
  • (chatter)
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    chatter

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , of imitative origin.

    Noun

    (-)
  • talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk
  • the sound of talking
  • the sound made by a magpie
  • an intermittent noise, as from vibration
  • Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter .
  • in national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
  • The NSA is concerned about increased chatter between known terror groups.
    Synonyms
    * (sense) chattering, chatting, nattering * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To talk idly.
  • They knitted and chattered the whole time.
  • * Shakespeare
  • To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
  • Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions.
  • He was so cold that his teeth were chattering .
  • To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
  • * Wordsworth
  • The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters .
    Synonyms
    * (talk idly) chat, natter * (make a chattering noise) clatter, knock, pink (said of an engine )

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who chats
  • (Internet) a user of chat rooms
  • * 2013 , Michael K. Sullivan, Sexual Minorities (page 148)
  • During the chat sessions, two outreach team members would engage in a conversation about the topic chosen for that event in the main chat room and entice other chatters to join in.

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    chitters

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chitter)
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    chitter

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.
  • It was a beautifully sunny day and beetles could be heard chittering loudly in the rose garden by the side of the path made out of antique bricks.
  • (obsolete, Scotland) To shiver or chatter with cold.
  • (Burns)
    (Webster 1913)

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