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Fitting vs Fritting - What's the difference?

fitting | fritting |

As verbs the difference between fitting and fritting

is that fitting is while fritting is .

As nouns the difference between fitting and fritting

is that fitting is a small detachable part of a device or machine while fritting is the formation of frit or slag by heat with only incipient fusion.

As an adjective fitting

is ready, appropriate, or in keeping.

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

    fritting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The formation of frit or slag by heat with only incipient fusion.