Pit vs. Wit

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Pitnoun

A hole in the ground.

Pitnoun

(motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

Pitnoun

(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.

Pitnoun

A mine.

Pitnoun

(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.

Pitnoun

(trading) A trading pit.

Pitnoun

The bottom part of something.

Pitnoun

(colloquial) Armpit.

Pitnoun

(aviation) A luggage hold.

Pitnoun

(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.

Pitnoun

The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

Pitnoun

The grave, or underworld.

Pitnoun

An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

Pitnoun

Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

Pitnoun

(gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.

Pitnoun

(slang) A pit bull terrier.

Pitnoun

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Pitnoun

(slang) A mosh pit.

Pitnoun

A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.

Pitnoun

A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

Pitnoun

The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.

Pitnoun

(informal) A pit bull terrier.

Pitverb

(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.

Pitverb

To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.

Pitverb

(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

Pitverb

To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

Pitverb

(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

Pitnoun

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

Pitnoun

Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.

Pitnoun

A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.

Pitnoun

A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body

Pitnoun

Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.

Pitnoun

An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

Pitnoun

The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.

Pitverb

To place or put into a pit or hole.

Pitverb

To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.

Pitverb

To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.

Pitnoun

a sizeable hole (usually in the ground);

Pitnoun

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Pitnoun

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;

Pitnoun

a trap in the form of a concealed hole

Pitnoun

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;

Pitnoun

lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

Pitnoun

a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

Pitverb

set into opposition or rivalry;

Pitverb

mark with a scar;

Pitverb

remove the pits from;

Pitnoun

a large hole in the ground.

Pitnoun

a large deep hole from which stones or minerals are quarried

Pitnoun

a coal mine

Pitnoun

a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car's underside.

Pitnoun

a low or wretched psychological state

Pitnoun

hell.

Pitnoun

a hollow or indentation in a surface.

Pitnoun

a small indentation left on the skin by a pustule or spot; a pockmark.

Pitnoun

an area at the side of a track where racing cars are serviced and refuelled

Pitnoun

an orchestra pit.

Pitnoun

the seating at the back of the stalls of a theatre.

Pitnoun

a part of the floor of a stock exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded

Pitnoun

an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

Pitnoun

a person's bed.

Pitnoun

a person's armpit.

Pitnoun

the stone of a fruit.

Pitverb

set someone or something in conflict or competition with

Pitverb

set an animal to fight against (another animal) for sport

Pitverb

make a hollow or indentation in the surface of

Pitverb

sink in or contract so as to form a pit or hollow.

Pitverb

drive a racing car into the pits for fuel or maintenance

Pitverb

remove the pit from (fruit).

Witnoun

Sanity.

Witnoun

The senses.

Witnoun

Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.

Witnoun

The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.

Witnoun

Intelligence; common sense.

Witnoun

Humour, especially when clever or quick.

Witnoun

A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.

Witverb

Know, be aware of constructed with of when used intransitively.

Witpreposition

(Southern American English) lang=en

Witverb

To know; to learn.

Witnoun

Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.

Witnoun

A mental faculty, or power of the mind; - used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.

Witnoun

Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.

Witnoun

A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.

Witnoun

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Witnoun

mental ability;

Witnoun

a witty amusing person who makes jokes

Witnoun

the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence

Witnoun

good sense

Witnoun

a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour

Witnoun

a witty person

Witverb

have knowledge

Witverb

that is to say (used to be more specific about something already referred to)

Wit

Wit is a form of intelligent humour, the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny. Someone witty is a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks.

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