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Humor vs Witter - What's the difference?

humor | witter |

As a noun humor

is mood, temper.

As an adjective witter is

(obsolete|or|dialectal) knowing, certain, sure, wis.

As a verb witter is

(intransitive|intransitive|obsolete|or|dialectal) to make sure, inform, or declare.

humor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1763 , (Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz), History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
  • For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour , when pressed, that portended danger.
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

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    witter

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) witter, witer, of (etyl) origin, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) knowing, certain, sure, wis.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) witteren, witeren, of (etyl) origin, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, intransitive, obsolete, or, dialectal) to make sure, inform, or declare.
  • to speak at length on a trivial subject.
  • She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.
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