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Cite vs Cit - What's the difference?

cite | cit |

As nouns the difference between cite and cit

is that cite is wedge, short spear or stick while cit is (archaic|derogatory) townsman, city dweller.

As an adjective cite

is full, brim-full.

cite

English

Verb

(cit)
  • To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}
  • To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  • To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

    • Derived terms

    * citation

    See also

    * attest * quote

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A citation.
    • We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

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    cit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, derogatory) townsman, city dweller
  • * 1856, , The Piazza
    • Not forgotten are the blue noses of the carpenters, and how they scouted at the greenness of the cit , who would build his sole piazza to the north.

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary

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