Sit vs. Spit — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sit and Spit
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Sit
To rest with the torso vertical and the body supported on the buttocks.
Spit
Saliva, especially when expectorated; spittle.
Sit
To rest with the hindquarters lowered onto a supporting surface. Used of animals.
Spit
The act of expectorating.
Sit
To perch. Used of birds.
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Spit
Something, such as the frothy secretion of spittle bugs, that resembles spit.
Sit
To cover eggs for hatching; brood.
Spit
A brief, scattered rainfall or snowfall.
Sit
To be situated or located
A house that sits on a hill.
Spit
(Informal) The perfect likeness
He's the spit and image of his father.
Sit
To lie or rest
Dishes were sitting on a shelf. See Usage Note at set1.
Spit
A slender, pointed rod on which meat is impaled for roasting.
Sit
To pose for an artist or photographer.
Spit
A narrow point of land extending into a body of water.
Sit
To occupy a seat as a member of a body of officials
Sit in Congress.
Spit
To eject from the mouth
Spat out the grape seeds.
Sit
To be in session.
Spit
To eject as if from the mouth
A fire spitting sparks.
Sit
To remain inactive or unused
Her expensive skis sat gathering dust.
Spit
To emit suddenly and forcefully
Spat out an insult.
Sit
To affect one with or as if with a burden; weigh
Official duties sat heavily upon the governor.
Spit
To eject matter from the mouth; expectorate.
Sit
To fit, fall, or drape in a specified manner
The jacket sits perfectly on you.
Spit
To express contempt or animosity, especially by ejecting matter from the mouth.
Sit
To be agreeable to one; please
The idea didn't sit well with any of us.
Spit
To make a hissing or sputtering noise
French fries spitting in the pan.
Sit
Chiefly British To take an examination, as for a degree.
Spit
To rain or snow in light, scattered drops or flakes.
Sit
To blow from a particular direction. Used of the wind.
Spit
To impale on or as if on a spit.
Sit
To keep watch or take care of a child.
Spit
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
Sit
To cause to sit; seat
Sit yourself over there.
Spit
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
Sit
To keep one's seat on (an animal)
She sits her horse well.
Spit
(uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.
There was spit all over the washbasin.
Sit
To sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
Spit
(countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
Sit
To provide seating accommodation for
A theater that sits 1,000 people.
Spit
A person who exactly resembles someone else (usually in set phrases; see spitting image).
Sit
The act of sitting.
Spit
(uncountable) slam
Sit
A period of time spent sitting.
Spit
The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
Sit
The way in which an article of clothing, such as a dress or jacket, fits.
Spit
The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
Sit
To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
Spit
(transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
To spit a loin of veal
Sit
To move oneself into such a position.
I asked him to sit.
Spit
(transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.
Sit
To occupy a given position.
The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
Jim's pet parrot sat on his left shoulder.
Spit
(ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
Sit
To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
Spit
(ambitransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.
A hot pan spitting droplets of fat
Sit
(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
I currently sit on a standards committee.
Spit
(impersonal) To rain or snow slightly.
Sit
Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.
Spit
(ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.
Sit
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
Spit
(intransitive) To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
Sit
To be adjusted; to fit.
Your new coat sits well.
Spit
To rap, to utter.
Sit
To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
How will this new contract sit with the workers?
I don’t think it will sit well.
The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.
Spit
(in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.
He's spitting for sure.
Sit
To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
Spit
To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
Sit
(transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
Spit
To plant (something) using a spade.
Sit
To babysit.
I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
Spit
To dig, to spade.
Sit
To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
Spit
A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
Sit
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
Spit
A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.
Sit
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
I'm sitting for a painter this evening.
Spit
The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
Sit
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
Spit
The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
Sit
To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.
Spit
To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
Sit
(mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
Spit
To spade; to dig.
Sit
An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
Spit
To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
She's spitting in the kitchen.
Sit
To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; - said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.
And he came and took the book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat.
I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner.
Spit
To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
Sit
To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.
Spit
To eject; to throw out; to belch.
Sit
To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
Spit
To throw out saliva from the mouth.
Sit
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; - with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
The calamity sits heavy on us.
Spit
To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
It had been spitting with rain.
Sit
To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,Sits not so easy on me as you think.
Spit
A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
Sit
To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; - used impersonally.
Spit
A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Sit
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.
Spit
A skewer for holding meat over a fire
Sit
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits.
Sits the wind in that quarter?
Spit
The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Sit
To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.
Spit
Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth;
The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer
Sit
To hold a session; to be in session for official business; - said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.
Spit
Utter with anger or contempt
Sit
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
Spit
Rain gently;
It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
Sit
To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.
Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse.
Spit
Drive a skewer through;
Skewer the meat for the BBQ
Sit
To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; - used reflexively.
They sat them down to weep.
Sit you down, father; rest you.
Sit
To suit (well or ill); to become.
Sit
Be standing; be upright;
We had to stand for the entire performance!
Sit
Sit around, often unused;
The object sat in the corner
Sit
Take a seat
Sit
Be in session;
When does the court of law sit?
Sit
Assume a posture as for artistic purposes;
We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
Sit
Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions;
She never sat a horse!
Did you ever ride a camel?
The girl liked to drive the young mare
Sit
Work or act as a baby-sitter;
I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do
Sit
Show to a seat; assign a seat for;
The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
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