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Mitey vs Bitey - What's the difference?

mitey | bitey |

As adjectives the difference between mitey and bitey

is that mitey is of or pertaining to mites while bitey is (informal) inclined to bite.

As an adverb mitey

is .

As a noun mitey

is .

mitey

English

Etymology 1

From .

Adjective

  • Of or pertaining to mites.
  • Infested with mites.
  • * 1830 , John Spalding, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland: From 1624 — 1645 , page 268,
    • Mr. Robert Farquhar paid the town's people in old mitey meal for his soldiers entertainment, who had continued there a long time.
  • * 1878 , Charles James Stewart Bethune, W. Saunders, E. B. Reed, The Canadian entomologist , Volumes 10-12, page 239,
    • A few specimens transferred from a mitey' cheese to an old cheese not ' mitey , will soon colonize it thoroughly.
  • * 1929 , The Industrial Chemist , Volume 5, page 244,
    • Both were inoculated with 1 gm. of very mitey flour placed at the bottom of the bottle.

    Etymology 2

    From mighty.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • * 1909 , Bruce M. Russett, John R. Oneal, Triangulating Peace: Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations , Volume 10, page 238,
    • He ain' got nuttin tall cep'n some mitey good nabors dat come by fer him ever day an' caird him up to lay him down by de back do' er dat air rich man, dat air Mr. Dives.
  • * 1954 , Charles Rice McDowell, The Iron Baby Angel , page 11,
    • "I knowed your great-grandpaw mitey well, son, and your grandpaw and your own daddy."
  • * 1974 , William Curtis Nunn, Escape from Reconstruction , page 67,
    • They treats us mitey' well and wants Amerikens to cum and settle among em.They all talks so ' mitey funney.

    Etymology 3

    From matey.

    Noun

    (miteys)
  • * 1926 , Howard Pease, The Tattooed Man , page 26,
    • Above him a frowsy head looked out and a sleepy voice with a cockney accent said, "Hallo, mitey ," and vanished.

    bitey

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) inclined to bite.
  • * 2005 , Tom Widdicombe, Be with Your Horse: Getting to the Heart of Horsemanship
    • So when someone tells you their little trick for dealing with a bitey horse, just remember that that is what it is — a little trick.
  • * 2006 , Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time
    • It has all the beauty of an idyllic tropical island without any of the nasty, bitey stuff.