Trite vs Twite - What's the difference?
trite | twite |
Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).
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A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
As nouns the difference between trite and twite
is that trite is a denomination of coinage in ancient greece equivalent to one third of a stater while twite is a small passerine bird, , that breeds in northern europe and across central asia.As an adjective trite
is worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).trite
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
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