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Fitting is a related term of consonant.


As adjectives the difference between fitting and consonant

is that fitting is ready, appropriate, or in keeping while consonant is characterized by harmony or agreement.

As nouns the difference between fitting and consonant

is that fitting is a small detachable part of a device or machine while consonant is (lb) a sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.

As a verb fitting

is .

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

    consonant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.
  • A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant , and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by harmony or agreement.
  • * Bishop Beveridge
    • Each one pretends that his opinion is consonant to the words there used.
  • * Dr. H. More
    • That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity.
  • Having the same sound.
  • * Howell
    • consonant words and syllables
  • (music) Harmonizing together; accordant.
    • consonant''' tones; '''consonant chords
  • Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
  • * T. Moore
    • No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "consonant")

    Antonyms

    * disconsonant * discordant

    Related terms

    * consonance

    See also

    * vowel * semivowel * ----