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Ditto vs Item - What's the difference?

ditto | item |

In informal terms the difference between ditto and item

is that ditto is a duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator while item is two people who are having a relationship with each other.

As nouns the difference between ditto and item

is that ditto is that which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise while item is a distinct physical object.

As an adverb ditto

is as said before, likewise.

As a verb ditto

is to repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.

As an interjection ditto

is used to show agreement with what another person has said.

ditto

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • A spacious table in the centre, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners.
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  • (informal) A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator
  • Please run off twenty-four dittos of this assignment, for my students.
  • A copy; an imitation.
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  • A symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), when indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.
  • Synonyms

    * (symbol) ditto mark, (abbreviation)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • As said before, likewise.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.
  • * 1989 , K. K. N. Kurup, Agrarian struggles in Kerala
  • The Communists believed that Prakasam, the Prime Minister, never tried to check the bureaucracy but dittoed every action of the corrupt officials and police.

    Synonyms

    * ape * echo

    Interjection

    (head)
  • Used to show agreement with what another person has said.
  • *Boy: "I'm really busy today!"
  • *Girl: "Ditto! "
  • Derived terms

    * suit of dittoes * ditto suit

    item

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A distinct physical object.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
  • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.}}
  • A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
  • (label) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
  • A matter for discussion in an agenda.
  • (label) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
  • * 2010 , (Justin Bieber) featuring (Ludacris), ''
  • Are we an item ? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?
  • A short article in a newspaper.
  • (label) A hint; an innuendo.
  • * (Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
  • A secret item was given to some of the bishops to absent themselves.

    Synonyms

    * (object) article, object, thing * (line of text having a legal or semantic meaning) * (matter for discussion) subject, topic * (two people who are having a relationship with each other) couple * (psychometrics) test/assessment question

    Derived terms

    * subitem * itemize * polarity item * negative polarity item * positive polarity item

    Anagrams

    * emit, mite, time ----