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Fitment vs Fitting - What's the difference?

fitment | fitting |

As nouns the difference between fitment and fitting

is that fitment is something that suits or fits while fitting is a small detachable part of a device or machine.

As a verb fitting is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective fitting is

ready, appropriate, or in keeping.

fitment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) Something that suits or fits.
  • * 1610 , ,
  • I am, sir,
    The soldier that did company these three
    In poor beseeming; 'twas a fitment for
    The purpose I then follow'd.
  • A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
  • * 2009 , Uri Tsoler, Handbook of Detergents , Volume 121?, Page 300,
  • Bottles also usually incorporate a fitment , which provides a pouring spout.
  • An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
  • * 1908 ,
  • Poor Mole! The Life Adventurous was so new a thing to him, and so thrilling; and this fresh aspect of it was so tempting; and he had fallen in love at first sight with the canary-coloured cart and all its little fitments .
  • * 1912 , ,
  • There might have been no planking beneath the mould, for all that our feet could feel. It gave under our tread with a spongy, puddingy feel. It covered the deck furniture of the old ship, so that the shape of each article and fitment was often no more than suggested through it.
  • * 1984 , A. H. Masterman, R. M. Boyce, Plumbing and Mechanical Services: A Textbook? , Page 150,
  • A good sanitary fitment should be of the simplest possible design, constructed so as to be self-cleansing, and, as far as possible, free from any moving working parts.
  • The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
  • * 1910 , United States Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court reports , Volumes 22-25,
  • Upon such an indictment against the owner, charging him with fitting out the ship with intent to employ her in the illegal voyage, evidence is admissible, that he commanded, authorized, and superintended the fitment , through the instrumentality of his agents, without being personally present.
  • (India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
  • * 1969 , India Supreme Court, Indian Factories and Labour Reports , Volume 19,
  • As already stated, the Wage Board had recommended revised wage scales, revised categories and fitment of workmen in their respective categories on the revised wage scales as from November 1, 1960.
  • The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
  • * 1885 , ,
  • He told Sancho to pick up the helmet, and he taking it in his hands said:
    "By God the basin is a good one, and worth a real of eight if it is worth a maravedis," and handed it to his master, who immediately put it on his head, turning it round, now this way, now that, in search of fitment , and not finding it he said, "Clearly the pagan to whose measure this famous head-piece was first forged must have had a very large head; but the worst of it is half of it is wanting."

    fitting

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (ready) fittin', fittin

    Verb

    (head)
  • (informal, US, with infinitive) Ready, preparing.
  • I'm fitting to go home and sleep.
  • *
  • Synonyms

    * (ready) fixing to (see also going to)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ready, appropriate, or in keeping
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Arsenal 1-0 Everton , passage=It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 26, author=Genevieve Koski, work=The Onion AV Club
  • , title= Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , passage=And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.” }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small detachable part of a device or machine.
  • The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
  • (manufacturing) The process of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
  • (chiefly, British) Domestic moveable piece of furniture, which can be taken along when moving out, US furnishing..
  • the fittings of a church or study

    Derived terms

    * fitting room