Petter vs Pettier - What's the difference?
petter | pettier |
(rare) One who pets.
* 1953 , Ernest Watson Burgess, Paul Wallin, Engagement and marriage
* 2007 , George Philip, Cowboy life: the letters of George Philip
(petty)
Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
Narrow-minded, small-minded.
As a noun petter
is one who pets.As an adjective pettier is
comparative of petty.petter
English
Noun
(en noun)- ... 36) are good sports 37) have a good sense of humor 38) are not sissies 39) do not try to neck on the first date 40) are not routine petters ...
- I was always a petter of my horses, teaching them to do some minor tricks.
pettier
English
Adjective
(head)petty
English
(wikipedia petty)Adjective
(en-adj)- Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.'' (Milton, ''Samson Agonistes , 1671)
- petty officer'', ''petty cash
- a petty fault