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Totted vs Potted - What's the difference?

totted | potted |

As verbs the difference between totted and potted

is that totted is (tot) while potted is (pot).

As an adjective potted is

(derogatory|informal) prepared in advance, as though preserved by potting.

totted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tot)

    • tot

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small child.
    • He learned to run when he was just a tot .
  • A measure of spirits, especially rum.
  • * 1897: Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa
    • Then I give them a tot of rum apiece, as they sit huddled in their blankets.
  • * 1916: Siegfried Sassoon, The Working Party
    • And tot of rum to send him warm to sleep.
  • (UK, dialect, dated) A foolish fellow.
    • (Halliwell)

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of

    Verb

  • To sum or total.
    • Derived terms
    * tot up

    Anagrams

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    potted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pot)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (derogatory, informal) Prepared in advance, as though preserved by potting.
    • The company released a potted statement.