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Gritty vs Gitty - What's the difference?

gritty | gitty |

As an adjective gritty

is containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

As a noun gitty is

a narrow, pedestrian, passageway in a residential area, between high brick walls, wooden fences, hedges, etc.

gritty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
  • Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
  • (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent.

    • gitty

    English

    Noun

    (gitties)
  • A narrow, pedestrian, passageway in a residential area, between high brick walls, wooden fences, hedges, etc.

    • See also

    *alley *alleyway *entry *gennel, ginnel, guinnel, gunnel, jennel *jitty *passage *shut *snicket *twitchel *wynd

    References

    * Entry: [http://http://www.thefreedictionary.com/entry] * Jitty: BBC Derbyshire Dictionary feature. * Gitty: BBC Derby Conversations feature.