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Pitting vs Witting - What's the difference?

pitting | witting |

As verbs the difference between pitting and witting

is that pitting is present participle of lang=en while witting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between pitting and witting

is that pitting is the formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion while witting is knowledge, awareness.

As an adjective witting is

aware, knowledgable.

pitting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion

    • witting

    English

    Etymology 1

    Partly from (etyl) vitand, partly from the present participle of (wit).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Knowledge, awareness.
  • * Late 14th century , Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Wife of Bath's Prologue’ ll. 648-9, Canterbury Tales , Oxford 1988, p. 113:
    • for his wyf was at a someres game, / Wiþouten his wityng , he forsook hire eke.

    Etymology 2

    Participle adjective of wit.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • aware, knowledgable
    • Antonyms
    * unwitting

    Verb

    (head)