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Fitting vs Correspondent - What's the difference?

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Fitting is a related term of correspondent.


As adjectives the difference between fitting and correspondent

is that fitting is ready, appropriate, or in keeping while correspondent is corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.

As nouns the difference between fitting and correspondent

is that fitting is a small detachable part of a device or machine while correspondent is someone who or something which corresponds.

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

    correspondent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
  • * Hooker
    • Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
  • (with to or with) Conforming; obedient.
  • * 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
    • : Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who or something which corresponds.
  • A journalist who sends reports to his newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

    • Derived terms

    * correspondential * correspondently * correspondentship * foreign correspondent

    Hyponyms

    * stringer

    See also

    * corespondent * in Wikipedia

    References

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