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Chit vs Mind - What's the difference?

chit | mind |

As nouns the difference between chit and mind

is that chit is great-great-great-grandchild while mind is the ability for rational thought.

As a verb mind is

(now|regional) to remember.

chit

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . See also (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
  • * (get all the bibliographic particulars) (Thackeray)
  • a little chit of a woman
  • * 1922 , made by W. C. Firebaugh
  • "These are returns," I said, "quite fit / To me, who nursed you when a chit . / For shame, lay by this envious art; / Is this to act a sister's part?"
  • A pert young woman.
  • A sassy (saucy) or forward young person.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The embryonic growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; a seedling.
  • the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes
  • (obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
  • Verb

  • (intransitive, British, dialect) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
  • * Mortimer
  • I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth.
  • (transitive, British, dialect) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or to assist germination.
  • (transitive, British, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
  • * 2012 , Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, UK Edition, page 173
  • Gardeners argue among themselves about how necessary chitting is, but I do chit my seed potatoes.

    Etymology 3

    From chitty from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
  • A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the .
  • (pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a .
  • (label) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
  • * 2005 , The unofficial, updated Third Edition of the Magic Realm Rules , by Richard Hamblen, Teresa Michelsen and Stephen McKnight
  • 1.4.3 Also on the board, but turned face down at the beginning of the game, are chits' representing treasure sites and sounds and warnings of monsters that may arrive on the map. When characters end a turn in the hex, these '''chits''' are revealed. As characters move around the board, more and more of these ' chits will be revealed, letting the players know where monsters and treasures are to be found.
  • (India, China) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
  • * 1901 , , by Joseph Conrad
  • He just longed to get away from here and try his luck somewhere else, but for the sake of his sister he hung on and on till he ran himself into debt over his ears—I can tell you. I, myself, could show a handful of his chits for meals and drinks in my drawer.
  • (US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
  • * 2007 , New York Times , [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/us/politics/13bill.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin]
  • And he is cashing in chits for her that Mr. Gore, post-impeachment, never asked him to do.
  • * 2003 , , The Bone Vault , Scribner, p98:
  • Harry would call in a chit with some desk manager who owed him a favor.

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
  • (Knight)

    Etymology 4

    Euphemistic variation of

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US, slang, euphemistic) Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.
  • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (US, slang, euphemistic) Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.
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    Anagrams

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    mind

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ability for rational thought.
  • :
  • The ability to be aware of things.
  • :
  • The ability to remember things.
  • :
  • The ability to focus the thoughts.
  • :
  • Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
  • :
  • Judgment, opinion, or view.
  • :
  • Desire, inclination, or intention.
  • :
  • A healthy mental state.
  • :
  • :
  • *
  • *:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • (lb) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
  • :
  • *1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations
  • *:Study gives strength to the mind ; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
  • *1854 , Samuel Knaggs, Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility for Criminal Acts , p.19:
  • *:The mind is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions.
  • *1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
  • *:Thus they dwelled for nearly a year, and in that time Robin Hood often turned over in his mind many means of making an even score with the Sheriff.
  • *, chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=

    Synonyms

    * (ability for rational thought) brain, head, intellect, intelligence, nous, psyche, reason, wit * (ability to be aware of things) awareness, consciousness, sentience * (ability to remember things) memory, recollection * (ability to focus the thoughts) attention, concentration, focus * (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) genius, intellectual, thinker * judgment, judgement, idea, opinion, view * desire, disposition, idea, inclination, intention, mood * (healthy mental state) sanity * (process of ): cognition, learning

    Derived terms

    * aftermind * amind * bear in mind * be of one mind * blow someone's mind * breadth of mind * change one's mind * come to mind * foremind * give someone a piece of one's mind * have a mind like a sieve * have a mind of one's own * have in mind * hivemind * in one's right mind * Jedi mind tricks * know one's own mind * lose one's mind * make up one's mind * meeting of the minds * mind's ear * mind's eye * mind-blowing * mindboggling * mindful * mindless * month's mind * of one mind * of two minds * out of one's mind * overmind * philosophy of mind * presence of mind * put someone in mind of * read someone's mind * right-minded * spring to mind * to my mind * top of mind * undermind * year's mind

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (now, regional) To remember.
  • * 1896 , , (A Shropshire Lad), XXXVII, lines 25-26:
  • The land where I shall mind you not / Is the land where all's forgot.
  • You should mind your own business.
  • * Addison
  • bidding him be a good child, and mind his book
  • (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
  • I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
  • (now, chiefly, North America, Ireland) To pay attention to; to listen attentively to, to obey.
  • * 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, page 84:
  • ‘Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to mind you.’
  • To pay attention to (something); to keep one's mind on.
  • * Shakespeare
  • My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play.
  • To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
  • Would you mind my bag for me?
  • (chiefly, in the imperative) To make sure, to take care ((that)).
  • Mind you don't knock that glass over.
  • To be careful about.
  • * 2005 , Gillie Bolton, Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development , ISBN 9781848602120, page xv:
  • Bank Underground Station, London, is built on a curve, leaving a potentially dangerous gap between platform and carriage to trap the unwary. The loudspeaker voice instructs passengers to "Mind the gap": the boundary between train and platform.
  • (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I mind to tell him plainly what I think.
    (Beaconsfield)
  • (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind.
  • * Fuller
  • He minded them of the mutability of all earthly things.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I do thee wrong to mind thee of it.

    Derived terms

    * mind one's p's and q's * mind the store

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