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Sitter vs Fitter - What's the difference?

sitter | fitter |

As nouns the difference between sitter and fitter

is that sitter is someone who sits, eg for a portrait while fitter is a person who fits or assembles something.

As an adjective fitter is

comparative form of fit.

sitter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
  • One employed to watch or tend something; the general form of babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
  • It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.
  • A broody hen.
  • (football, and, snooker, slang) A very easy scoring chance.
  • How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter !

    See also

    * bedsitter * sit * sitting duck

    Anagrams

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    Verb

    (head)
  • ----

    fitter

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • comparative form of fit
  • An exercise bike won't make you fitter if you never find time to use it.
    My bird's loads fitter than yours.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who fits or assembles something
  • a fitter of clothing, or of machinery
  • (informal) an epileptic
  • (UK, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
  • (Simmonds)

    Anagrams

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