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Twitting vs Witting - What's the difference?

twitting | witting |

As verbs the difference between twitting and witting

is that twitting is while witting is .

As nouns the difference between twitting and witting

is that twitting is the act of one who twits or teases while witting is (obsolete) knowledge, awareness.

As an adjective witting is

aware, knowledgable.

twitting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who twits or teases.
  • * 1867 , Sallie A. Brock, Richmond during the war: four years of personal observation
    • With unfeigned courtesy we welcomed back this illustrious body; but they were subjected to the most unmerciful twittings for the fleetness of foot they had exhibited when Richmond was so alarmingly threatened.

    witting

    English

    Etymology 1

    Partly from (etyl) vitand, partly from the present participle of (wit).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Knowledge, awareness.
  • * Late 14th century , Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Wife of Bath's Prologue’ ll. 648-9, Canterbury Tales , Oxford 1988, p. 113:
    • for his wyf was at a someres game, / Wiþouten his wityng , he forsook hire eke.

    Etymology 2

    Participle adjective of wit.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • aware, knowledgable
    • Antonyms
    * unwitting

    Verb

    (head)