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Kinda vs Abit - What's the difference?

kinda | abit |

As adverbs the difference between kinda and abit

is that kinda is (colloquial) kind of; somewhat while abit is .

As a contraction kinda

is (colloquial) kind of.

As an interjection kinda

is yes in some respects but no in other respects.

As a noun kinda

is a subspecies of baboon, , primarily found in angola, the democratic republic of the congo, zambia, and possibly western tanzania.

kinda

English

Etymology 1

Written form of a of "kind of"

Adverb

(-)
  • (colloquial) kind of; somewhat
    • I kinda hafta do this right now.
    That's kinda funny.
  • *{{quote-magazine
    • , date=12 , year=1912 , month=October , first= Courtney Ryley , last=Cooper , author= , coauthors= , title=Somewhere Safe to Sea , volume=50 , issue= , page=18 , magazine=Collier's , publisher=Crowell-Collier Publishing Company , issn= v=onepage&q=collier's%20kinda%20soft&f=false'>citation , passage=But when I spoke about it he just smiled and shook his head, and started whistling to himself kinda soft. }}
  • * 2006 , Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent, Same Kind of Different As Me , page 13,
    • In those days, flour sacks was kinda purty. They might come printed up with flowers on em, or birds.
  • * 2010 , Eric Anthony Galvez DPT CSCS, Reversal: When a Therapist Becomes a Patient , page 37,
    • The facial expression on my mask kinda looks like Han Solo in the carbonite...

    Contraction

  • (colloquial) kind of.
  • * 2008 , Jacob Curtis, The Song Itself: A Gnostic Remembrance , page 68,
    • What kinda music do ya want ta play? Do ya want volume or somethin' more subtle?

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Yes in some respects but no in other respects.

    • Etymology 2

    After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (kinda baboon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subspecies of baboon, , primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.
  • * 2006 , , Volume 212, Issues 4-6, page 18,
    • In the wild, when a baboon called a kinda pairs with a chacma or yellow baboon, their progeny is still a baboon — but it's a hybrid of interest to Society grantees Jane Phillips-Conroy and Clifford Jolly, who are tracking gene flow in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park.

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    abit

    English

    Adverb

    (head)

    • Usage notes

    The misspelling is found in informal writing, but seldom, if ever, in printed works.

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