wit or whit

Wit is the ability to think quickly characterized by mental cleverness especially during short time constraint. It also means intelligence and common sense.

"The idea is one of wit."

Whit is the smallest part or particle imaginable like a bit, iota, jot or scrap of a piece.

"You don't have a whit of common sense!"

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• ninty vs ninety
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• stood vs stayed
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Definitions

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• n  a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
• n  mental ability
• n  a witty amusing person who makes jokes

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• n  a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

News & Articles

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• Nokia Siemens Networks and Wipro's New IT Partnership Model Wins Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award 2013
  LONDON and BANGALORE, India, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT), a leading global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company, and Nokia Siemens Networks, the world's specialist ...
  June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Wim de Wit to step down at Getty Research Institute
  After 20 years at the Getty Research Institute, Wim de Wit, the head of the architecture and contemporary art offerings there and co-curator of the current Pacific Standard Time Presents initiative on modern architecture in Los Angeles, is leaving the institution.
  June 12, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Review: A wacky, inspired 'Midsummer Saturday Night's Fever Dream'
  Though Shakespeare’s Bottom claimed his dream was “past the wit of man” to describe, it’s well within the wit of the Troubadour Theater Company to revive in spectacular sequin-studded style with the return of “A Midsummer Saturday Night’s Fever Dream” to Burbank’s Falcon Theatre.        
  June 12, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

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• With Whit Sox struggling, Jesse Crain a trade candidate
  White Sox pitcher Jesse Crain's strikeout rate has improved in every season since 2005, and this year he's taken a step forward with his control as well.
  June 17, 2013 - Reno Gazette-Journal
• Conway's Whit Parker, 14, wins ASGA Junior Stroke title
  MOUNTAIN HOME - Conway's Whit Parker became one of the youngest Arkansas State Golf Association stroke play champions in history Friday, winning the title with a 3-over par 219 over 54 holes at Big Creek Country Club.
  June 14, 2013 - The Log Cabin Democrat
• Whit's Frozen Custard now open in Blue Ash
  Whit's Frozen Custard, offering premium ice cream desserts, has opened at 9405 Kenwood Road in Blue Ash.
  June 12, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer