What's the difference between dit and ditty?

Dit


Definition:

  • (n.) A word; a decree.
  • (n.) A ditty; a song.
  • (v. t.) To close up.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Expression of the DIT and DIT2 genes is restricted to sporulating cells, with the DIT1 transcripts accumulating at the time of prospore enclosure and just prior to the time of dityrosine biosynthesis.
  • (2) The volume fraction of synthetic organelles in smooth muscle cells from the DIT of both males and females is of a highly significant difference from the volume fraction of synthetic organelles in cells of the subjacent media.
  • (3) Urinary excretion of intact DIT was low, being less than 1% of the administered dose of exogenous DIT within 2 days.
  • (4) Our data confirm the in vivo generation of extrathyroidal DIT from T4 in the rat.
  • (5) In contrast, 52% of the iodine administered in the form of DIT was excreted in the urine in the same time interval.
  • (6) Short periods of loading do not alter deiodination of L-DIT in liver or kidney at all; but lead to significant elevation of L-T4-deiodination in liver tissue.
  • (7) DIT may play a central role in the regulation of energy expenditure and in the etiology of certain types of obesity.
  • (8) DIT and BAT are controlled by hormonal action: noradrenaline appears to be the primary activator of BAT and insulin may be required for DIT and may even activate thermogenesis.
  • (9) The levels of MIT, DIT, T3 and T4 in the thyroid, and T3, T4 and TSH in serum, and the amount of iodine transport and synthesis of organic iodine in thyroid were determined.
  • (10) Higher doses or longer periods of loading cause a significant rise of L-DIT-deiodination in liver and kidney, while the L-T4-deiodination in liver is significantly decreased and in kidney significantly elevated.
  • (11) The secretion of gastric acid in the peptic ulcer patients were examined by the dopamine infusion test (DIT).
  • (12) In rats hypothyroidized with methylthiouracil (MTU), methimazol (MMI), or radiothyroidectomy, the extent of deiodination for L-diiodotyrosine (L-DIT) and L-thyroxine (L-T4) was investigated in homogenate supernatants of liver and kidney.
  • (13) two pentapeptides, apparently of the sequence Tyr-Asn-Asx-Lys-Gly, isolated as the DIT and MIT derivatives.
  • (14) There was no significant correlation between sex, age, presence of diabetes, mode of dialysis, years of chronic renal failure, years of dialysis or years of aluminum ingestion and any neurologic or neurobehavioral measurement, serum aluminum level, or DIT.
  • (15) The carbonyl complexes were found to be efficient hepatobiliary agents and cleared more rapidly than the corresponding 99mTcN- and 99mTc(dit)-complexes.
  • (16) From the results of kinetic studies and RIA measurements, the fraction of circulating T4 converted to DIT was calculated to be 3.9-4.3%.
  • (17) While rT3 is elevated in almost all critically ill patients, the increase in DIT is indicative of severe infection.
  • (18) The reaction is effectively quenched by the antioxidant, 2,6-dit-butyl-4-hydroxymethyl phenol as well as by Mn+2 (10(-5)-10(-3)M).
  • (19) The relative affinity of T3, T4, rT3, MIT, and DIT were in good agreement with their biological activity.
  • (20) Splitting off of sialic acid diminishes thenumber of phenolic groups of tyrosine, MIT, DIT and T4, which dissociate below pH 12-5.

Ditty


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.
  • (v. t.) A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung.
  • (v. i.) To sing; to warble a little tune.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "They were mildly offensive," says Shapiro of their ditties.
  • (2) 12.22am BST The other politics ditty being shared rather widely at the present time is this one.
  • (3) There's a scene in Friday Night Dinner when Adam, a jingle writer by trade, gathers the family around a radio to hear his ditty for a car-insurance company.
  • (4) 'Marx had a soft spot for entrepreneurs,' Jeremy told me Once these sessions started Jeremy would also usually insist on at least one round of that rather repetitive ditty – One Man Went to Mow about farming a meadow.
  • (5) National anthem report: The Brazilian ditty skips along at pleasing pace, and all the players sing along.
  • (6) What you got a big booty,” is how the chorus to Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea’s derriere-themed ditty goes – over and over.
  • (7) The conceit – that he needs another rider so he can drive in the HOV lane in LA’s notoriously awful traffic – puts him in the car with pop superstars, singing along to both their own songs and classic pop ditties.
  • (8) But allow me to leave with one final recollection: at the Isle of Wight Festival, John Sebastian performed the song Darling Be Home Soon, a sentimental little ditty about friendship, self-understanding and hope.
  • (9) But of course, like most football harangues, this well-worn little ditty is as one-eyed as it gets.
  • (10) This silenced the home support and had the City fans singing their favourite ditty.
  • (11) LL Cool J is hosting the ceremony for the third consecutive time – two years after his respectful hosting job in the wake of Whitney Houston’s unexpected death and less than a year after the April 2013 release of his remarkably questionable song Accidental Racist, the country ditty he made with Brad Paisely.
  • (12) Of course, like most football harangues, this well-worn little ditty is as one-eyed as it gets.
  • (13) It’s basically a remake of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s relatively harmless early 90s ditty, Baby Got Back , a musical romp celebrating women who carry what Mix-a-lot referred to as “healthy butts”.
  • (14) So it’s no great surprise that he’s hooked up with UK pop producer MNEK, who, along with creating his own forward-­thinking, R&B-­infused pop ditties, has produced and written for the cutting edge of UK pop (and the Saturdays).
  • (15) He might not be better than Zinedine Zidane, as the terrace ditty has it, but he has just upstaged a few of his contemporaries.
  • (16) Berlusconi, meanwhile, owner of Italy's three biggest private television channels, sought solace in the arms of Francesca Pascale , a former television showgirl famed for co-singing a ditty with the memorable catchphrase: "If you show a bit of thigh, the ratings go up."
  • (17) He is also known for his musical talents, performing musical theatre numbers at the Proms in 2012 and of course hosting the Oscars in 2013, attracting controversy for such ditties as We Saw Your Boobs.
  • (18) Or allergic to winsome ditties sung-spoken to primitive ukulele accompaniment.
  • (19) The Norwegians, singing 13th, scored no marks at all, for a very gentle ditty that sounded like, "By gum, jah no high dog", but apparently meant, "Never in my life will I think of leaving until I join the wind."
  • (20) He shoulder dances as he sings a little ditty: "The government sucks."

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