Cleaver vs Witty - What's the difference?
cleaver | witty |
A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones etc
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
(label) Wise, having good judgement.
*, Bk.VIII, Ch.viij:
*:Then cam there a lady that was a wytty lady, and she seyde playnly unto the Kyngthat he sholde never be hole but yf that Sir Trystrames wente into the same contrey than the venym came fro, and in that contrey sholde he be holpyn, other ellys never.
(label) Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.
*, II.7:
*:It hath beene a witty invention.
Clever; amusingly ingenious.
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Full of wit.
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Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.
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As a noun cleaver
is a squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones etc.As an adjective witty is
wise, having good judgement.cleaver
English
Noun
(en noun)- When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones:...