What's the difference between bitless and witless?
Bitless
Definition:
(a.) Not having a bit or bridle.
Example Sentences:
Witless
Definition:
(a.) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.
Example Sentences:
(1) He ends the song with something that is ostensibly scat but sounds like an old man being scared witless by a spider.
(2) "But she also divides the critics like that other old-school oddball, Norman Wisdom, who was written off as a witless, irritating idiot with a penchant for falling over by some, and seen as a comic genius by others."
(3) More often than not it's passed around at the back for a while, then eventually hoofed witlessly up one of the flanks, where any slim chance of creating bother is immediately lost.
(4) In the end Chelsea needed help to secure the win – and, not for the first time this season, Redknapp’s men came to their opponent’s aid, Vargas giving away a penalty with a witless shunt on Hazard in the 75th minute.
(5) The witless grandstanding by local MP Greg Mulholland in his call for NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh to resign is precisely the sort of intervention that is least helpful.
(6) It is six years, after all, since 2009, the year in which the comedian’s blossoming career and reputation took an abrupt and savage hit, thanks to his unloved eponymous sketch show with Gavin & Stacey co-star Mathew Horne (“ puerile and excruciating ”, according to the New Statesman), a critically mauled movie, Lesbian Vampire Killers (“a witless mess”, said the Telegraph), and a calamitous performance hosting the Brit awards with Horne, which even Corden has acknowledged was “shit, because of ego”.
(7) Oh come on, you say: no leading politician would be as witless as to do that.
(8) In a fascinating experiment at the University of Limerick a few years ago, participants were first bored witless by being made to do a repetitive task and then asked to suggest punishments for an imaginary Englishman convicted of beating up an Irishman.
(9) David Cameron and his cabinet currently tell me to be scared witless by Ebola, an attack from Isis, a resurgent Russia and global warming (sometimes).
(10) He slips the ball forward to Whittaker, but with dark blue shirts in the box, the full back blooters a witless effort miles over the bar from a silly distance.
(11) Cameron's critical failure to close a deal with Clegg on 25 extra Tory seats, coupled with his witless aid to Ukip, makes a Labour return to power more likely.
(12) Liverpool reached Wembley the way their journey in the Capital One Cup had begun against Carlisle United; requiring penalties to save them from a witless, careless performance that only improved once the Wales midfielder replaced Kolo Touré in the 85th minute.
(13) And the truth is, most of them were never in a recording studio again (2007) ON STEPHEN GATELY BEING GAY I had no idea… on my mother's life (2008) ON USING A "BANG" (BAND AUTOMATIC NAME GENERATOR) Some of the suggestions I got were Perky Gravy, Silk Radius, Witless and Curly Spam (2007) ON THE BEST THING ABOUT THE X FACTOR It's real, everything is real, nothing is staged (2007) ON GIRL BANDS There's a common perception that behind the scenes it's all catfights and screaming rows.
(14) Farron described abolition of the 50p rate as "morally repugnant" and "economically witless".
(15) Not surprisingly, the Russell Group is delighted, the National Union of Students is apoplectic and the Lib Dems are scared witless.
(16) Perhaps failing to reach the Champions League is a mercy: there is no telling what top-drawer continental opposition would do to this bloodless, witless Celtic team.
(17) No, when you're looking after what is in effect a witless midget with a death wish, some things go out of the window, including dressing yourself.
(18) ML BBC2 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Glue Those keen to write off all homegrown E4 dramas as witless Skins knock-offs would do well to check out Glue.
(19) Now it has, and markets are scared witless as a result.
(20) They are dark, unseen enemies, come from far away – and they are scaring us witless.