Ditty vs Gitty - What's the difference?
ditty | gitty |
A short verse or tune.
* Milton
* Sandys
A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.
* Spenser
To sing; to warble a little tune.
* Herbert
A narrow, pedestrian, passageway in a residential area, between high brick walls, wooden fences, hedges, etc.
As nouns the difference between ditty and gitty
is that ditty is a short verse or tune while gitty is a narrow, pedestrian, passageway in a residential area, between high brick walls, wooden fences, hedges, etc.As a verb ditty
is to sing; to warble a little tune.ditty
English
Noun
(ditties)- The Acme mattress ditty has been stuck in my head all day.
- Religious, martial, or civil ditties.
- And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.
- O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme.
Verb
- Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.
See also
* ditty bag * doggerel * jinglegitty
English
Noun
(gitties)See also
*alley *alleyway *entry *gennel, ginnel, guinnel, gunnel, jennel *jitty *passage *shut *snicket *twitchel *wyndReferences
* Entry: [http://http://www.thefreedictionary.com/entry] * Jitty:BBC Derbyshire Dictionary feature. * Gitty:
BBC Derby Conversations feature.