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Kitty vs Jackpot - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between kitty and jackpot

is that kitty is a kitten or young cat while jackpot is a money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.

As a proper noun Kitty

is a diminutive of Katherine and related female given names.

kitty

English

Alternative forms

* kittie (young cat)

Noun

(kitties)
  • A kitten or young cat.
  • (childish) A pet name for a cat.
  • A money pool, as for a card game, or for shared expenses.
  • (poker, slang) In a home game, a small, specified amount taken from each pot to pay the host's expenses.
  • (slang) Female genitals. (less vulgar)
  • (card games) A set of additional cards dealt face down in some games.
  • Synonyms

    * (money pool) pot

    See also

    * pussy

    jackpot

    English

    Etymology 1

    Attested as + pot.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
  • * 2000 , Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, Choices, values, and frames ,
  • If no player picks all six numbers correctly, the jackpot' is rolled over and added to the next week's '''jackpot'''; several weeks of rollovers can build up ' jackpots up to $350 million or more.
  • A large cash prize or money.
  • An unexpected windfall or reward.
  • Usage notes
    * By metonymy, jackpot is also the word for several types of poker which feature jackpots (prize pools which accumulate until won). ** 1920 , , **: ... they played red-dog and twenty-one and jackpot from dinner to dawn, and on the occasion of one man's birthday persuaded him to buy sufficient champagne for a hilarious celebration.
    Derived terms
    * hit the jackpot

    Etymology 2

    . Criminal slang usage as "trouble, especially an arrest" attested 1902.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A difficult situation.
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    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
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  • References

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