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Fitting vs Widget - What's the difference?

fitting | widget |

As nouns the difference between fitting and widget

is that fitting is a small detachable part of a device or machine while widget is a (placeholder name) for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product or widget can be (computing|graphical user interface) any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.

As a verb fitting

is .

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

    widget

    English

    (widget)

    Etymology 1

    Coined by George S. Kaufman in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A (placeholder name) for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
  • :Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...
  • Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.
  • A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
  • A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces
    • Synonyms
    * (unspecified manufactured good) thingy, gizmo, sprocket * (scraping tool) scraper

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed as a shortened form of “window gadget” (GUI widget)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
    • Synonyms
    * (GUI) control