Rite vs Mite - What's the difference?
rite | mite |
A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.
A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
*1803 , William Blake,
*:One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands
*:Shall buy and sell the miser's lands;
A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. Sometimes used adverbially.
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, title= * 1959 , Frances Cavanah, Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance , Project Gutenberg, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17315/17315-8.txt]:
As nouns the difference between rite and mite
is that rite is a religious custom while mite is a minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.As an adjective rite
is informal spelling of lang=en.As an adverb rite
is informal spelling of lang=en.As an interjection rite
is informal spelling of lang=en.rite
English
(wikipedia rite)Etymology 1
Via (etyl) and (etyl), from (etyl) ritus.Etymology 2
Variation of (right).Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* amiriteAdverb
(-)Anagrams
* ----mite
English
(wikipedia mite)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=“Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.}}
- "Those trousers are a mite too big, but you'll soon grow into them."