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Pit is a related term of blemish.


As nouns the difference between pit and blemish

is that pit is foot while blemish is a small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.

As a verb blemish is

to spoil the appearance of.

pit

English

(wikipedia pit)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hole in the ground.
  • (motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
  • (music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
  • A mine.
  • (archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
  • (trading) A trading pit.
  • Something particularly unpleasant.
  • The bottom part of.
  • (colloquial) Armpit, oxter.
  • (aviation) A luggage hold.
  • (countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits' around two microns across. Such '''pits''' are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these ' pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}
  • The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
  • The grave, or underworld.
  • * Milton
    • Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.
  • * Bible, Job xxxiii. 18
    • He keepeth back his soul from the pit .
  • An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
  • * John Locke
    • as fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit
  • Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
  • Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
    • Derived terms
    * armpit * money pit * pit-eye * pit stop

    Verb

    (pitt)
  • To make pits in.
    • Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
  • To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
  • To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
    • Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
  • (motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Compare (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
  • A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

    • Verb

    (pitt)
  • To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
    • One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.

    Anagrams

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    blemish

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
  • * 1769 , Oxford Standard Text, , 22, xix,
    • Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish , of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
  • * 1997 , Jean Soler, 5: The Semiotics of Food in the Bible'', Carole Counihan, Penny Van Esterik (editors), ''Food and Culture: A Reader , page 61,
    • Any foot shape deviating from this model is conceived as a blemish , and the animal is unclean.
  • * 2003 , A. K. Forrest, Chapter 6: Surface Defect Detection on Ceramics'', Mark Graves, Bruce Batchelor (editors), ''Machine Vision for the Inspection of Natural Products , page 193,
    • There are a very large number of types of blemish' and the smallest ' blemish visible to a human can be surprisingly small, for example less than 10?m deep, which may be on the surface of a heavily embossed tile.
  • * 2011 , Robert Jones, Makeup Makeovers Beauty Bible: Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations , page 119,
    • It comes as a surprise to some people, but blemishes' can strike at any age. To minimize the appearance of facial '''blemishes''' or pimples, use a concealer with a dry texture; it will cling to the ' blemish better, last throughout the day, and not irritate the skin or initiate more breakouts.
  • A moral defect; a character flaw.
  • * 1825 , A Sermon'', ''The Christian Magazine , Volume 2, page 298,
    • As piety is the peculiar ornament of old people, so the want of it is a peculiar blemish in their character.
  • * 2003 , Todd F. Heatherton, The Social Psychology of Stigma , page 103,
    • The processes of categorization, stereotyping, discrimination, and self-fulfilling prophecy can also apply to stigmas based on blemishes of individual character.
  • * 2008 , Annette Baier, Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume , page 46,
    • There is no reason to think that the enlivening possible blemish' was his hypocritical show of repentance, since there are so many other candidate ' blemishes to choose among.

    Related terms

    * blemished (adjective) * blemishless * blemishment

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (es)
  • To spoil the appearance of.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:we see ordinarie examples by this licence which wonderfully blemisheth the authoritie and lustre of our law, never to stay upon one sentence, but to run from one to another judge, to decide one same case.
  • * 2009 , Michael A. Kirkman, Chapter 2: Global Markets fo Processed Potato Products'', Jaspreet Singh, Lovedeep Kaur (editors), ''Advances in Potato Chemistry and Technology , page 40,
    • Generally, varieties in current use for processing are resilient, if not wholly resistant to blemishing diseases and disorders.
  • * 2011 , Rob Imrie, Emma Street, Architectural Design and Regulation , unnumbered page,
    • I mean it reaches a point of ridiculousness in some regards, and one?s seen actually many good schemes here in San Francisco, for example, that have been blemished by an overly strict adherence to codes.
  • To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.
  • * Oldys
    • There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation.