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Jits vs Lits - What's the difference?

jits | lits |

As verbs the difference between jits and lits

is that jits is (jit) while lits is (lit).

jits

English

Verb

(head)
  • (jit)

    • Anagrams

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    JIT

    English

    (wikipedia JIT)

    Noun

    (en-initialism)
  • (operations)
  • (computing, of bytecode optimizations)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing, of bytecode optimizations) to perform an operation (usually compiling) Just-In-Time

    • lits

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lit)

    • Anagrams

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    lit

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lit, lut, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Little.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Little.
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lihte, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (light)
  • (US, dialectal) To run, or light
  • * {{quote-news, 1988, April 8, Grant Pick, Johnny Washington's Life, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know! }}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • illuminated
  • * He walked down the lit corridor.
  • (slang) intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned
  • (slang) Sexually aroused (usually a female), especially visibly sexually aroused (e.g., labial swelling is present)
    • Derived terms
    * half lit

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) lit, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Colour; blee; dye; stain.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) litten, liten, from (etyl) . See above.

    Verb

    (litt)
  • To colour; dye.

    • Etymology 5

    Short for literature.

    Noun

    (-)
  • Abbreviated form of literature.
    • Derived terms
    * chick lit * lit crit * litfan

    Anagrams

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