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Ditted vs Dotted - What's the difference?

ditted | dotted |

As verbs the difference between ditted and dotted

is that ditted is (dit) while dotted is (dot).

As an adjective dotted is

of a line, made up of a series of dots.

ditted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dit)

    • dit

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ditten, .

    Verb

  • To stop up; block (an opening); close. Cf. Scots dit.
    • Related terms
    *

    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

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    dotted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dot)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a line, made up of a series of dots.
    • Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line.

    Derived terms

    * sign on the dotted line

    See also

    * dashed