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Pitter vs Titter - What's the difference?

pitter | titter |

As nouns the difference between pitter and titter

is that pitter is see pitter-patter while titter is a nervous or repressed giggle.

As verbs the difference between pitter and titter

is that pitter is to make a pattering sound while titter is to laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued manner.

pitter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • See pitter-patter.
  • A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.

    • Derived terms

    * cherry pitter * olive pitter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a pattering sound.

    • titter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nervous or repressed giggle.
  • * Coleridge
    • There was a titter of delight on his countenance.
  • (slang, vulgar, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breast.
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  • * 2013 , Dorothy St. James, Oak and Dagger , Berkley Prime Crime (2013), ISBN 9781101619797, unnumbered page:
    • “The poor dear, even her titters are weighted down with melancholy,” Pearle said to Mable.
    “I don't know what you're talking about. Her titters look perky enough to me,” Mable replied.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, a woman's breast) See also .

    Verb

  • To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued manner.
  • * Longfellow
    • A group of tittering pages ran before.
  • (obsolete) To teeter; to seesaw.

    • Synonyms

    * See also