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Nit vs Snit - What's the difference?

nit | snit |

As nouns the difference between nit and snit

is that nit is nest while snit is .

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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    snit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A temper; a lack of patience; a bad mood.
    • He's in a snit because he got passed over for promotion.
  • A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters.
  • (US, dialect) A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois.
    • The bartender served us each a snit with our Bloody Marys this morning.

    See also

    * snitty * snit fit

    Anagrams

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