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Mitten vs Mutton - What's the difference?

mitten | mutton |

As nouns the difference between mitten and mutton

is that mitten is a type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers while mutton is the flesh of sheep used as food.

As an adjective mutton is

deaf.

mitten

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers.

    • mutton

    English

    Noun

  • The flesh of sheep used as food.
  • Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
  • (obsolete) A prostitute.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mutton")

    Synonyms

    * (meat of a sheep) (l), (l)

    Hyponyms

    * (meat of a sheep) lamb

    Derived terms

    * mutton bird * mutton dressed as lamb

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

    • Synonyms

    * Mutton Jeff

    See also

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