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Hight vs Pight - What's the difference?

hight | pight |

As verbs the difference between hight and pight

is that hight is (archaic|transitive) to call, name while pight is (obsolete) (pitch).

As an adjective hight

is (archaic) called, named.

As a noun hight

is .

hight

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

  • (archaic) To call, name.
  • (archaic) To be called or named.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) Called, named.

    • Etymology 2

    See height

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    Alternative forms

    *highte

    pight

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (pitch)
  • *1634 , , "New Heaven, New War"
  • *:My soul, with Christ join thou in fight;
  • *:Stick to the tents that He hath pight ;
  • *1819 , , Otho the Great , Act V, Scene V, verses 163-165
    • I will
    When I have finish’d it — now! now! I’m pight ,
    Tight-footed for the deed !