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Slit vs Slite - What's the difference?

slit | slite |

As nouns the difference between slit and slite

is that slit is a narrow cut or opening; a slot while slite is (dialectal) the act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.

As verbs the difference between slit and slite

is that slit is to cut a narrow opening while slite is (dialectal) to slit; tear or rip up.

slit

English

(wikipedia slit)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}
  • (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina.
  • (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
  • Verb

  • To cut a narrow opening.
  • He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
  • To split in two parts.
  • To cut; to sever; to divide.
  • * Milton:
  • And slits the thin-spun life.

    slite

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

  • (dialectal) To slit; tear or rip up.
  • (dialectal) To wear away (clothes).
  • Noun

    (-)
  • (dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.
  • Anagrams

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