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Petty vs Petit - What's the difference?

petty | petit |

Petit is a descendant of petty.



As adjectives the difference between petty and petit

is that petty is little, small, secondary in rank or importance while petit is small or minor.

As a proper noun Petty

is {{surname|lang=en}.

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

    * *

    petit

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (legal, or, obsolete) small or minor
  • * South
    • By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion.

    Derived terms

    * petit constable * petit jury * petit larceny * petit serjeanty * petit treason

    See also

    * petite * petty * puisne ----