What's the difference between pitter and spitter?

Pitter


Definition:

  • (n.) A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit.
  • (v. i.) To make a pattering sound; to murmur; as, pittering streams.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The fascinating pitter-patter of stomach contents against the back of your teeth as a fearsome torrent of spew erupts from within like a liquid poltergeist fleeing an exorcism.
  • (2) Senators definitely need ask him questions and challenge his record on that as part of the confirmation process,” said Human Rights Watch’s Laura Pitter.
  • (3) The adaptation procedure, employed in this study, was a modification of a test method described by Pitter in 1976.
  • (4) An Obama administration request for $1.9bn pittered out, though Florida’s senators supported it.

Spitter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who ejects saliva from the mouth.
  • (n.) One who puts meat on a spit.
  • (n.) A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "They think they're hot shit, but they're kind of fuck-ups," says Johnson, who points to the Loopers' choice of weapon – chunky buck-spitters known as Blunderbusses – as evidence of their true status.

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