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Rite vs Cite - What's the difference?

rite | cite |

As adjectives the difference between rite and cite

is that rite is humid, wet while cite is full, brim-full.

As a noun cite is

wedge, short spear or stick.

rite

English

(wikipedia rite)

Etymology 1

Via (etyl) and (etyl), from (etyl) ritus.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A religious custom.
    • Related terms
    * ritual

    Etymology 2

    Variation of (right).

    Adjective

    (-)
    • Derived terms
    * amirite

    Adverb

    (-)

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)

    • Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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    cite

    English

    Verb

    (cit)
  • To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}
  • To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  • To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

    • Derived terms

    * citation

    See also

    * attest * quote

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A citation.
    • We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

    External links

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    Anagrams

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