Fit vs. Spell — What's the Difference?

Of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose

To name or write in order the letters constituting (a word).

In good health, especially because of regular physical exercise

To constitute the letters of (a word)

Be of the right shape and size for

To add up to; signify

Install or fix (something) into place

To name or write in order the letters of a word or words

Be compatible or in agreement with; match

To put (someone) under a spell; bewitch.

Have an epileptic fit

To relieve (someone) from work temporarily by taking a turn.

The particular way in which something, especially a garment or component, fits

To allow (someone) to rest a while.

A sudden attack of convulsions and/or loss of consciousness, typical of epilepsy and some other medical conditions

To take turns working.

A sudden short period of uncontrollable coughing, laughter, etc.

(Australian) To rest for a time from an activity.

A section of a poem.

A word or formula believed to have magic power.

To be the proper size and shape for

A bewitched state or trance

To cause to be the proper size and shape

A compelling attraction; charm or fascination

To measure for proper size

A short, indefinite period of time.

To be appropriate to; suit

(Informal) A period of weather of a particular kind

To be in conformity or agreement with

One's turn at work.

To make suitable; adapt

A period of work; a shift.

To make ready; prepare

(Australian) A period of rest.

To equip; outfit

(Informal) A period of physical or mental disorder or distress

To provide a place or time for

(Informal) A short distance.

To insert or adjust so as to be properly in place

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.

To be the proper size and shape.

A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.

To be suited; belong

(obsolete) Speech, discourse.

To be in harmony; agree

A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.

Suited, adapted, or acceptable for a given circumstance or purpose

(informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).

Appropriate; proper

(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.

Physically sound; healthy

A period of rest; time off.

(Biology) Able to survive and produce viable offspring in a particular environment

A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.

The state, quality, or way of being fitted

(cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.

The manner in which clothing fits

(dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.

The degree of precision with which surfaces are adjusted or adapted to each other in a machine or collection of parts.

The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

A seizure or convulsion, especially one caused by epilepsy.

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

A sudden physical outburst

To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

A sudden, involuntary physical reaction

To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.

A sudden, involuntary mental experience

(intransitive) To be able to write or say the letters that form words.

A sudden outburst of emotion

(transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).

A sudden period of vigorous activity.

To clarify; to explain in detail.

A section of a poem or ballad.

(transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur.

Suitable, proper.

To constitute; to measure.

Adapted to a purpose or environment.

(obsolete) To speak, to declaim.

In good shape; physically well.

(obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.

Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.

(transitive) To work in place of (someone).

Prepared; ready.

(transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.

(transitive) To be suitable for.

To rest from work for a time.

(intransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.

A spelk, or splinter.

(transitive) To conform to in size and shape.

The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.

(intransitive) To be of the right size and shape

The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.

To make conform in size and shape.

One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.

(transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.

A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.

(transitive) To be in agreement with.

A story; a tale.

(transitive) To adjust.

A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.

(transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.

To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.

(transitive) To equip or supply.

To tell; to relate; to teach.

(transitive) To make ready.

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

To be seemly.

To constitute; to measure.

To be proper or becoming.

To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.

(intransitive) To be in harmony.

To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; - usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.

To suffer a fit.

To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.

Fight; fought.

To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.

The degree to which something fits.

A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

Conformity of elements one to another.

A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);

The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.

A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;

(advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.

A verbal formula believed to have magical force;

(statistics) Goodness of fit.

Recite the letters of or give the spelling of;

(bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.

Indicate or signify;

(archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.

Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word);

A seizure or convulsion.

Place under a spell

(medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.

A sudden outburst of emotion.

A sudden burst (of an activity).

(informal) An outfit, a set of clothing.

In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.

The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.

The coincidence of parts that come in contact.

A stroke or blow.

A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.

A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit of melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.

A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction; an impulsive and irregular action.

A darting point; a sudden emission.

Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.

Prepared; ready.

Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.

To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.

To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; - said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.

To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.

To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on.

To be proper or becoming.

To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.

A display of bad temper;

A sudden uncontrollable attack;

The manner in which something fits;

A sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason);

Be agreeable or acceptable to;

Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired;

Satisfy a condition or restriction;

Make fit;

Insert or adjust several objects or people;

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;

Conform to some shape or size;

Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose;

Make correspond or harmonize;

Meeting adequate standards for a purpose;

(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed;

Physically and mentally sound or healthy;