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Nitter vs Sitter - What's the difference?

nitter | sitter |

As nouns the difference between nitter and sitter

is that nitter is (zoology) a louse that deposits nits on horses while sitter is someone who sits, eg for a portrait.

nitter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) A louse that deposits nits on horses.
    • (Webster 1913)

    sitter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
  • One employed to watch or tend something; the general form of babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
    • It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.
  • A broody hen.
  • (football, and, snooker, slang) A very easy scoring chance.
    • How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter !

    See also

    * bedsitter * sit * sitting duck

    Anagrams

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    Verb

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