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Grant vs Kit - What's the difference?

grant | kit |

As proper nouns the difference between grant and kit

is that grant is and a scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large" while kit is a diminutive of the male given name christopher.

grant

English

Alternative forms

* graunt (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
  • To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
  • * 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
    • He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
    • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]}}
  • To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
  • * , Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":
    • The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
  • To assent; to consent.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
  • The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
  • The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
    • I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.''
  • (legal) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
  • (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

    • kit

    English

    (wikipedia kit)

    Etymology 1

    English from the 14th century, from a Dutch kitte'', a wooden vessel made of hooped staves. Related to Dutch ''kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
  • A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.
  • * 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):
    • He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
  • A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
  • Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
    • Always carry a good first-aid kit .
  • A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
    • I built the entire car from a kit .
  • (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. }}
  • (UK, informal) Clothing.
    • Get your kit off and come to bed.
  • (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
  • drum kit
    • Derived terms
    * airfix kit * first aid kit * football kit * kit and caboodle * kit out * kitbag * model kit * pack-up kit * toolkit * electronic kit * robot kit * starter kit * body kit * kit car

    Verb

    (kitt)
  • To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.
    • We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Something which came originally in kit form.
    • kit car

    Etymology 2

    A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte'', ''kitt ). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • kitten
  • kit fox

    • Etymology 3

    16th century, perhaps from cithara

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a kit violin
  • * Grew
    • A dancing master's kit .
  • * Charles Dickens, Bleak House
    • Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

    Etymology 4

    (ca. 1880).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons

    • Anagrams

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