Apt vs. Fitting — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Apt and Fitting
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Apt
Exactly suitable; appropriate
An apt reply.
Fitting
Being in keeping with a situation; appropriate.
Apt
Having a natural tendency; inclined
She is apt to take offense easily. See Usage Note at liable.
Fitting
The act of trying on clothes whose fit is being adjusted.
Apt
Quick to learn or understand
An apt student.
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Fitting
A small detachable part for a machine or apparatus.
Apt
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
An apt metaphor
Apt punishment
Fitting
Fittings Chiefly British Furnishings or fixtures.
Apt
(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
Fitting
Present participle of fit
Apt
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
A pupil apt to learn
An apt scholar
Fitting
Getting ready; preparing.
I'm fitting to go home and sleep.
Apt
An apartment; a flat.
Fitting
Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping
Apt
Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
They have always apt instruments.
A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb.
Fitting
A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
Apt
Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; - used of things.
My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
Fitting
(engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
Apt
Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; - used of persons.
Apter to give than thou wit be to ask.
That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers.
Fitting
The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
Apt
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
Live a thousand years,I shall not find myself so apt to die.
I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear.
Fitting
(manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
Apt
To fit; to suit; to adapt.
That our speech be apted to edification.
Fitting
A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
The fittings of a church or study
Apt
At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant;
He is apt to lose
She is liable to forget
Fitting
(uncountable) The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse.
Apt
Mentally quick and resourceful;
An apt pupil
You are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold
Fitting
Anything used in fitting up
Apt
(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward;
He is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant
I am not minded to answer any questions
Fitting
Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.
Apt
Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence;
The successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images
An apt reply
Fitting
Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
Fitting
A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
Fitting
(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
Fitting
Trying on clothes to see whether they fit
Fitting
In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion;
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this
Fitting
Being precisely fitting and right;
It is only meet that she should be seated first
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