Quit vs Tuit - What's the difference?
quit | tuit |
To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Enkindle all the sparks of nature / To quit this horrid act.
*(Edward Fairfax) (c.1580-1635)
*:that judge that quits each soul his hire
To repay (someone) for (something).
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*:I was but late att a Iustynge / and there I Iusted with a knyghte that is broder vnto kynge Pellam / and twyes smote I hym doune / & thenne he promysed to quyte me on my best frynde / and so he wounded my sone that can not be hole tyll I haue of that knyghtes blood
(obsolete) To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
*1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.v:
*:Vnthankfull wretch (said he) is this the meed, / With which her soueraigne mercy thou doest quight ?
To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
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*:Be strong and quit' yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: ' quit yourselves like men, and fight.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Samson hath quit himself like Samson.
To carry through; to go through to the end.
*(Samuel Daniel) (1562-1619)
*:Never worthy prince a day did quit / With greater hazard and with more renown.
(label) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
*(William Wake) (1657-1737)
*:To quit you of this fear, you have already looked Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it?
(label) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
(label) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
(label) To leave (a place).
To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
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To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).
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To close (an application).
(quit)
(humorous)
* 1996' October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "'''Tuit ", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, ''rec.humor , Usenet [http://google.com/group/rec.humor/msg/acb923e94a1dc471]:
* 2000' December 7, Joe Zeff <the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.org>, "'''Tuit Update", message-ID <3a2ed57b.471201@news.earthlink.net>, ''alt.sysadmin.recovery , Usenet [http://google.com/group/alt.sysadmin.recovery/msg/bf943259ce3422cd]:
* '2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <fromrarp@scottharvey.com>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <3cf2b4de.159435990@enews.newsguy.com>, ''rec.antiques.radio+phono , Usenet [http://google.com/group/rec.antiques.radio+phono/msg/de81689394ef1ed2]:
*:1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.
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As nouns the difference between quit and tuit
is that quit is any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America while tuit is synonym of lang=en.As a verb quit
is to pay (a debt, fine etc.).quit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) quiter, (etyl) quiter, from , ultimately from (etyl) quietus .Verb
Derived terms
* quitterQuotations
* (English Citations of "quit")Usage notes
* The past tense of quit'' is now ''quit'' for most speakers and writers; dictionaries usually allow ''quitted'' as an alternative, but it is rare or nonexistent in North America and Australia, and outnumbered by ''quit'' by about 16 to 1 in theBritish National Corpus. Quitted is more commonly used to mean "left". ''ie. She quitted her job.
References
Pam Peters, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage , Cambridge University Press, p. 453.Etymology 2
Derived terms
* bananaquittuit
English
Noun
(en noun)- THIS IS A TUIT
- My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.