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Did vs Dit - What's the difference?

did | dit |

As a proper noun did

is sun (sunday).

As a verb dit is

(d) to happen.

did

Translingual

Alternative forms

* (roman numeral) DID, CMXCIX, cmxcix (DID)

Number

(mul-number)
  • (label) A Roman numeral representing nine hundred and ninety-nine ().

    • See also

    * Previous: diid (nine hundred and ninety-eight, ) * Next: dd (one thousand, ) ----

    dit

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ditten, .

    Verb

  • To stop up; block (an opening); close. Cf. Scots dit.
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    Etymology 2

    Variant of dite.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
    • No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit : / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].
  • (obsolete) A word; a decree.

    • Etymology 3

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

    • See also

    * dah

    Etymology 4

    Old English dyttan, akin to Icelandic ditta.

    Verb

    (ditt)
  • (obsolete) To close up.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 5

    Shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • decimal digit

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