What's the difference between bib and bit?

Bib


Definition:

  • (n.) A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.
  • (n.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.
  • (n.) A bibcock.
  • (v. t.) Alt. of Bibbe
  • (v. i.) To drink; to sip; to tipple.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The constant need for clothing or bib changes in handicapped patients frequently results in further social isolation and causes normal children to be viewed as "impaired."
  • (2) Merlin was then taken over by Topps and the result is that England are the only World Cup team that Panini can’t reproduce with logos or emblems, which is why the players all look like they’re wearing bibs in the photos.
  • (3) There's a favourite bib of Billy's; Nicola's diaries; a milk bottle melted in some long-forgotten sterilisation process; Billy's death certificate; Nicola's successful pregnancy test; a letter published, two days after Billy died, in the Guardian's Private Lives section, from a woman who had lost her baby daughter at three days.
  • (4) An experimental setup is described in which by planning of the experiment (BIB-design) the interstimulus intervals are randomized and all components of the evoked potentials (EP) are placed under equal conditions with respect to the influence of the preceding intervals.
  • (5) Alyce guided the children back to the dental chair one by one, removing their woollen hats and wiping their runny noses, tucking the paper bibs under their chins, comforting the ones who were frightened.
  • (6) Photograph: Alamy They lift their bits up and over their bib shorts and let rip at the side of the road.
  • (7) Officially known as bib shorts, these cruellest of garments are designed to keep kidneys warm during cold, rainy stages and to eliminate any problems with waistbands, which can dig in.
  • (8) Together with genetic studies, our results indicate that the bib product may mediate intercellular communication in a pathway separate from the one involving the products of the other neurogenic genes.
  • (9) Then the object of their attention comes into view: not a shy songbird or a rare mammal, but a cyclist clad in a fluorescent bib.
  • (10) "Ah just want to sort out the funeral," she blubbed at the preternaturally patient Chesney, overbite quivering like a hovercraft as the prospect of another 15 years of storylines involving the widow whimpering in her HMP Plot Device netball bib lumbered horrifyingly into view.
  • (11) Persistent drooling not only creates troublesome hygienic problems for patients, teachers, nurses, and playmates because of the constant soiling of clothes, toys, and work materials, but also causes an odor from their clothing and bibs.
  • (12) Thus BIBS 39 was 17 times more selective for the AT1 subtype and BIBS 222 37 times.
  • (13) Roger Bibbings Malvern, Worcestershire • You report that Theresa May has urged media outlets to demonstrate restraint in their reports on extremists such as Mohammed Emwazi ( Report , 3 March).
  • (14) "There are a lot of people down," said one man, whose bib identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina.
  • (15) The Rank Xerox bib, pictured at the top of this report, for example.
  • (16) Roll forward a few weeks, and bib-number 5805 was sitting quietly in my mailbox, confirming my commitment.
  • (17) Eventually, they see beyond the white walls, white chair, and white bed (unmade), to the jeans strewn on the floor, the soiled baby bibs, the jars of organic rice pudding.
  • (18) BIBS 39 shifted the AII concentration-contractile response curves in isolated rabbit aorta to the right in a parallel fashion.
  • (19) "There are a lot of people down," said one man, whose bib No.
  • (20) Our observations are compatible with a function of bib in specifying neuronal precursors of both the embryonic and adult sensory nervous system.

Bit


Definition:

  • (v.) The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
  • (v.) Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.
  • (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
  • () imp. & p. p. of Bite.
  • (v.) A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
  • (v.) Somewhat; something, but not very great.
  • (v.) A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
  • (v.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
  • (v.) The cutting iron of a plane.
  • (v.) In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
  • () 3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth.
  • (imp.) of Bite
  • () of Bite

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So I am, of course, intrigued about the city’s newest tourist attraction: a hangover bar, open at weekends, in which sufferers can come in and have a bit of a lie down in soothingly subdued lighting, while sipping vitamin-enriched smoothies.
  • (2) He is a leader and helps manage the defence, while Pablo Armero can be a bit of a loose cannon but he is certainly a talented player.
  • (3) Just last week he said: "Maybe I'll be a bit more chilled about it this year.
  • (4) The tissues were derived from the three germ layers and were prevalently mature; only a bit of them was represented by embryonic mesenchymal tissue.
  • (5) In his biography, Tony Blair admits to having accumulated 70 at one point – "considered by some to be a bit of a constitutional outrage", he adds.
  • (6) When I told my friend Rob that I was coming to visit him in Rio, I suggested we try something a bit different to going to the beach every day and drinking caipirinhas until three in the morning.
  • (7) But I know the full story and it’s a bit different from what people see.” The full story is heavy on the extremes of emotion and as the man who took a stricken but much-loved club away from its community, Winkelman knows that his part is that of villain; the war of words will rumble on.
  • (8) Everyone gets a bit excited with the whole ‘youth’ thing but, at our clubs, the managers wouldn’t just play any old youngster.
  • (9) He would do the Telegraph crossword and, to be fair, would make intelligent conversation but he was a bit racist.
  • (10) When my form teacher said I’d worked well in every subject except geography, I made her change the bit that said I’d not tried to say, instead, that I was rubbish at it.
  • (11) I felt like he was a little bit inexperienced and the race got away from him a little bit at the third-last.
  • (12) It just seems a bit of a waste, I say, given that he's young and handsome and famous.
  • (13) Heat vegetable oil and a little bit of butter in a clean pan and fry the egg to your taste.
  • (14) Indeed, with the pageantry already knocked off the top of the news by reports from Old Trafford, the very idea of a cohesive coalition programme about anything other than cuts looks that bit harder to sustain.
  • (15) A bit like the old Lib Dems, perhaps: and indeed the Greens owe a big chunk of their surge to the exodus of voters from Clegg’s discredited rump.
  • (16) Rather than ruthlessly efficient, I have found them sweet and a bit hopeless."
  • (17) So that you know he's evil, he is dressed like a giant, bedraggled grey duckling, in a fur coat made up of bits of chewed-up wolf.
  • (18) Some offer a range, depending on whether you think you're a bit of a buff, and know a pinot meunier from a pinot noir and what prestige cuvée actually means or you just want to see a bit of the process and have a nice glass of bubbly at the end of it, before moving on to the next place – touring a pretty corner of France getting slowly, and delightfully, fizzled.
  • (19) If Carlsberg made adverts for football scouts ... Scott Murray Martial, who could potentially cost Manchester United £58.8m, had quite a bit to prove.
  • (20) It took a little bit of time to come up on the scoreboard, so I was a bit worried.

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