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Whit vs Mid - What's the difference?

whit | mid |

As nouns the difference between whit and mid

is that whit is the season of whitsuntide while mid is (computing) mobile information device.

whit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
    • He worked tirelessly to collect and wind a ball of string eight feet around, and it matters not one whit .
  • * 1602 : (William Shakespeare), , act V scene 2
    • Not a whit .
  • * 1917 , Incident by

    • Synonyms

    * (smallest part imaginable) bit, iota, jot, scrap * See also .

    Anagrams

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    mid

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (obsolete) With.
  • Amid.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mid, midde, from (etyl) . See also middle .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Denoting the middle part.
    • mid ocean
  • Occupying a middle position; middle.
    • mid finger
    mid hour of night
  • (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld).
    • Derived terms
    * mid-autumn * midfall * midseason * midshipman * midsummer * mid-winter
    Related terms
    * midday * midnight

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) mid, midde, from (etyl) . See also median, Latin medianus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) middle
  • * Shakespeare
    • About the mid of night come to my tent.

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