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Nit vs Ait - What's the difference?

nit | ait |

As nouns the difference between nit and ait

is that nit is the egg of a louse while ait is an island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.

nit

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) nite, from (etyl) hnitu, from (etyl) )

Noun

(en noun)
  • The egg of a louse.
  • A young louse.
  • (UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
  • A nitpicker.
  • A minor shortcoming.
    • Synonyms
    * dickies (Geordie)
    Derived terms
    * nit-picking

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A candela per square meter.

    • Anagrams

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    ait

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia ait) (en noun)
  • An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
  • * R. Hodges (1649)
    • The ait where the osiers grew.
  • * 1833 , , Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9,
    • Striking richness of vegetation which follows in the windings of the Rhine, marks its banks, islands, and aits .
  • * 1853 , , Bleak House , ch. 1,
    • Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows.
  • (Scotland) An oat.
    • (Burns)

    Synonyms

    * eyot

    Anagrams

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