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Skitter vs Sitter - What's the difference?

skitter | sitter |

As nouns the difference between skitter and sitter

is that skitter is a skittering movement while sitter is someone who sits, eg for a portrait.

As a verb skitter

is to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing.

skitter

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing
    • I opened the cabinet and hundreds of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
  • to make a skittering noise
  • In Scotland : Diarrea.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A skittering movement.
    • A skitter of activity.
    A skitter of gooseflesh.

    See also

    * scamper * scurry English onomatopoeias

    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

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