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Nit vs Nig - What's the difference?

nit | nig |

As nouns the difference between nit and nig

is that nit is the egg of a louse while nig is nigger.

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

    * * * ----

    nig

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (offensive, racial slur) nigger
  • * 1959 , Don Robertson, The three days
    • He always thought one step ahead of the nigs .
  • * 1961 , Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War
    • In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.
  • * 1967 , Frank Hercules, I want a black doll
    • What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?

    Anagrams

    * English clippings ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • ink

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    Derived terms

    *