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Grit vs Attitude - What's the difference?

grit | attitude |

As nouns the difference between grit and attitude

is that grit is collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking while attitude is the position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.

As verbs the difference between grit and attitude

is that grit is to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in gritting one's teeth while attitude is to assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.

As an adjective Grit

is of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada.

grit

English

Etymology 1

With early modern vowel shortening, from (etyl) grete, griet, from (etyl) ‘lump’).

Noun

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  • Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.
  • The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways.
  • Inedible particles in food.
  • It tastes like grit from nutshells in these cookies.
  • Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
  • That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball.
  • A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.
  • I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper.
  • (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, to a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g. grindstone grit .
  • Derived terms
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    See also
    * debris * mortar and pestle * swarf

    Verb

  • To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in gritting one's teeth .
  • We had no choice but to grit our teeth and get on with it.
    He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth.
  • To cover with grit .
  • To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
  • * Goldsmith
  • The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread.
    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    (etyl) gryt ‘bran, chaff’, from (etyl) grytt, from (etyl) . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually in plural) husked]] but unground [[oat, oats
  • (usually in plural) coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge
  • Anagrams

    * girt * trig

    attitude

    English

    Noun

  • The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.
  • The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude
  • Disposition or state of mind.
  • ... but had a lazy attitude to work.
  • (uncountable, countable) A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.
  • Don't give me your attitude .
    You've got some attitude , girl !
  • (aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
  • The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
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  • (ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
  • * 2007 , Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach , page 134,
  • Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère , and the comic dancer.

    Synonyms

    * stance * (position of vehicle etc) trim, orientation

    Derived terms

    () * attitude-y * attitudinal * dickitude * tude

    Verb

    (attitud)
  • To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
  • * 1823 , Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad , Volume 1, page 122,
  • * 1837 , William E. Burton, The Gentleman's Magazine , Volume 1, page 123,
  • Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in
  • * 1971 , , Advances in Astronautical Sciences , Volume 29, Part 2, page 395,
  • The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.
  • To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
  • * 2002 , Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter , page 33,
  • He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.
  • * 2008 , Yvonne Müller, "The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Novel , page 12,
  • The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.
  • * 2010 , R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later , page 82,
  • I was really tripping, 'cause this nigga had the nerve to be attituded up when he was the one always doing something he had no business doing.

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