Pottier vs Pettier - What's the difference?
pottier | pettier |
(potty)
A chamber pot used by young children while learning control of their bladder and bowels.
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(childish) A toilet bowl. Can be used as essentially a synonym of toilet or bathroom in some phrases, e.g. , porta-potty, potty humor.
(childish) Variant of go potty.
(informal) Insane.
(dated)
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(petty)
Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
Narrow-minded, small-minded.
As adjectives the difference between pottier and pettier
is that pottier is comparative of potty while pettier is comparative of petty.pottier
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Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*potty
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Etymology 1
From .Noun
(potties)Synonyms
* chamberpot, po, potVerb
(en-verb)Derived terms
* go potty * potty break * potty mouth * potty-training * porta-pottyEtymology 2
Adjective
(er)- The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty .
- "A potty little nine-hole affair at a hydro in the Midlands. My cousins stay there. Always will. Not but what the fourth and the seventh holes take some doing. You could manage it, though," he said encouragingly.
Synonyms
* See alsopettier
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Adjective
(head)petty
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(wikipedia petty)Adjective
(en-adj)- Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.'' (Milton, ''Samson Agonistes , 1671)
- petty officer'', ''petty cash
- a petty fault