Pitful vs Fitful - What's the difference?
pitful | fitful |
Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.
*1605 , Shakespeare, Macbeth ,
*1851 ,
*:The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door [...]
*2012 , The Economist,
*:So fitful has Britain’s economy been that any good news is understandably snatched at.
As a noun pitful
is as much as a pit will hold.As an adjective fitful is
irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.fitful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His breathing was fitful .
- [...] Duncan is in his grave;
- After life's fitful fever he sleeps well;
The economy: Don’t say “green shoots”