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Jitty vs Nitty - What's the difference?

jitty | nitty |

As a noun jitty

is (colloquial|british) (the narrow passage between rows of terraced houses or a fenced or hedged pathway linking two areas of a village).

As an adjective nitty is

(obsolete|slang) shining; elegant; spruce.

jitty

English

Noun

(jitties)
  • (colloquial, British) (the narrow passage between rows of terraced houses or a fenced or hedged pathway linking two areas of a village).

    • Usage notes

    The term is used in the English Midlands, also used in mining communities in the South-East of England, notably Aylesham.

    nitty

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, slang) Shining; elegant; spruce.
  • * Marston
    • O sweet, nitty youth.
  • Full of nits.
    • (Ben Jonson)