Fitter vs Donut - What's the difference?

fitter | donut |

As nouns the difference between fitter and donut

is that fitter is a person who fits or assembles something while donut is doughnut.

As an adjective fitter

is comparative form of fit.

fitter

English

Adjective

(head)

comparative form of fit

An exercise bike won't make you fitter if you never find time to use it.

My bird's loads fitter than yours.

Noun

(en noun)

a person who fits or assembles something

a fitter of clothing, or of machinery

(informal) an epileptic

(UK, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.

(Simmonds)

Anagrams

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donut

English

Alternative forms

* doughnut

Noun

(en noun)

(North America) A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream.

*1900 , (George Wilbur Peck), Peck’s bad boy and his pa, Stanton and Van Vliet, p. 107:

*:…Pa said he guessed he hadn’t got much appetite, and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.

(North America) Anything in the shape of a torus

(North America, automobile) a peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of donut; a 360-degree skid.

(North America) A spare tire, smaller and less durable than a full-sized tire, only intended for temporary use.

A toroidal cushion typically used by hemorrhoid patients.

Usage notes

Rare until 1950s, increasingly popular since then,“ donut, doughnut]”, Google Ngram viewer possibly influenced by spread of (w, Dunkin' Donuts) (founded 1950).“[http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/09/google_ngram_viewer_a_language_time_machine.html The Language Time Machine: Google’s Ngram Viewer gave us a new way to explore history, but has it led to any real discoveries?”, by Elizabeth Weingarten, Slate, Sept. 9, 2013

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