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Meth vs Mett - What's the difference?

meth | mett |

As nouns the difference between meth and mett

is that meth is methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride while mett is an old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.

meth

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of methamphetamine .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.

    • Etymology 2

    From meths'' or ''methylated spirits , as stereotypically drunk by tramps.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie, pejorative) A tramp.
    • Related terms
    * meths drinker

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    mett

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mitta

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.
  • * 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 168:
    • Once the mitta, or mett , a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire.