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Petty vs Netty - What's the difference?

petty | netty |

As adjectives the difference between petty and netty

is that petty is little, small, secondary in rank or importance while netty is like a net, or network; netted.

As a proper noun Petty

is {{surname|lang=en}.

As a noun netty is

toilet.

petty

English

(wikipedia petty)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
    • Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.'' (Milton, ''Samson Agonistes , 1671)
    petty officer'', ''petty cash
  • Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
    • a petty fault
  • Narrow-minded, small-minded.

    • Derived terms

    * petty cash * petty officer * petty king * pettiness * petty crime

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * quibble

    External links

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    netty

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a net, or network; netted.

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly a corruption of (necessity) or (necessary); (etyl) . Alternatively it may be derived from (etyl) gabinetti.

    Alternative forms

    * nettie

    Noun

    (netties)
  • (Geordie) toilet
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