Dither vs Thither - What's the difference?
dither | thither |
The state of being undecided.
* 2002 , Thomas P. Glynn, A Child's Christmas In Chicago , page 59:
*:Everyone was in a dither'''; either in it or about to get in it or just climbing out of it. Naturally, the Madam was not in a '''dither'''. '''Dither was a foreign concept to her.
A form of noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data
(obsolete) To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
*1913 ,
*:Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.
To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
*2012 , The Economist, Sept. 22nd issue, ''
*:The dithering Mr Singh of recent times may worry that his reform proposals are already too bold. The reforming Mr Singh of yore would see them as just the start.
To do something nervously.
(computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.
To that place.
* Bible, Genesis xix. 20
* 1661 , , p. 9:
* 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops :
(dated) To that point, end, or result.
As a noun dither
is the state of being undecided.As a verb dither
is (obsolete) to tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.As an adverb thither is
to that place.dither
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(en verb)Indian Reform: At Last
Derived terms
* dithererAnagrams
* *thither
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Adverb
(-)- This city is near; O, let me escape thither .
- And there rises a shining palace whose crystal glittering roof is seen by mariners who traverse the extensive sea in barks built expressly for that purpose, and thither come all herds and fatlings and firstfruits of that land for O'Connell Fitzsimon takes toll of them, a chieftain descended from chieftains.
- The argument tended thither .