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Wittle vs Kittle - What's the difference?

wittle | kittle |

As adjectives the difference between wittle and kittle

is that wittle is (childish|nonstandard) little while kittle is (scotland|and|northern england) ticklish.

As verbs the difference between wittle and kittle

is that wittle is while kittle is (transitive|scotland|and|northern england) to tickle, to touch lightly or kittle can be (intransitive|scotland|and|northern england) to bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.

wittle

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (childish, nonstandard) Little.
  • * 2004 , Woody Leonhard, Windows XP all-in-one desk reference for dummies
    • Working with windows (that's "windows" with a wittle w)
  • * 2005 , Linda Darling-Hammond, John Bransford, Preparing teachers for a changing world
    • Give wittle Bear a wittle hug.
  • * 2006 , Sigrid Nunez, The last of her kind
    • ...in a moment of regrettable cuteness, forgetting that I would not always be a wittle -bitty baby...
  • * 2007 , Kristen Sauder, Trading Panic for Peace
    • With every step she repeated the same phrase, "I just need a wittle bit of help. I just need a wittle bit of help."

    Synonyms

    * ickle

    Verb

    (head)

    • kittle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) kitelen, from (etyl) . Compare (l).

    Alternative forms

    * kittel

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (transitive, Scotland, and, Northern England) To tickle, to touch lightly.

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • (Scotland, and, Northern England) Ticklish.
  • (Scotland, and, Northern England) Not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) kitelen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (intransitive, Scotland, and, Northern England) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.

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