Kettle vs. Kittle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Kettle and Kittle
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Kettle
A kettle, sometimes called a tea kettle or teakettle, is a type of pot specialized for boiling water, with a lid, spout, and handle, or a small kitchen appliance of similar shape that functions in a self-contained manner. Kettles can be heated either by placing on a stove, or by their own internal electric heating element in the appliance versions.
Kittle
Touchy; unpredictable.
Kettle
A container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle.
Kittle
To tickle; arouse.
Kettle
A small area in which demonstrators or protesters are confined by police seeking to maintain order during a demonstration
Activists in the kettle were protesting at being held and resisting arrest
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Kittle
To puzzle; perplex.
Kettle
(of the police) confine (a group of demonstrators or protesters) to a small area, as a method of crowd control during a demonstration
The plan was to get as close to the protest as possible without getting kettled
Kittle
To tickle, to touch lightly.
Kettle
A metal pot, usually with a lid, for boiling or stewing.
Kittle
To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.
Kettle
A teakettle.
Kittle
Ticklish.
Kettle
(Music) A kettledrum.
Kittle
Not easily managed
Kettle
(Geology) A depression left in a mass of glacial drift, formed by the melting of an isolated block of glacial ice.
Kittle
To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.
Kettle
A pothole.
Kittle
To tickle.
Kettle
A group of flying raptors, especially when ascending in a rising current of warm air.
Kittle
Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable.
Kettle
To fly on a rising current of warm air. Used of birds
Hawks kettling in the distance.
Kettle
Chiefly British To confine or corral (a group of people) to an enclosed area as a means of crowd control
Police kettled the protestors in a parking lot.
Kettle
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.
There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.
Kettle
The quantity held by a kettle.
Kettle
A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
Kettle
(geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
Kettle
A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
A kettle of hawks
Kettle
A steam locomotive
Kettle
(musical instruments) A kettledrum.
Kettle
An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
Kettle
To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
Kettle
(intransitive) Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.
Kettle
A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.
Kettle
A metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
Kettle
The quantity a kettle will hold
Kettle
(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
Kettle
A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
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