Skim vs. Skit — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Skim and Skit
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Skim
To remove floating matter from (a liquid).
Skit
A short, usually comic dramatic performance or work; a theatrical sketch.
Skim
To remove (floating matter) from a liquid.
Skit
A short humorous or satirical piece of writing.
Skim
To embezzle (money) by taking a small portion on each transaction
Corrupt governments skimming money from foreign aid.
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Skit
A short comic performance.
Skim
To fail to declare part of (certain income, such as winnings) to avoid tax payment.
Skit
A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
Skim
To copy information from (a credit card) as part of a skimming fraud.
Skit
(obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.
Skim
To coat or cover with a thin layer
"the still, shallow water solidly frozen and skimmed with white" (Barbara Hurd).
Skit
To make fun of.
Skim
(intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
Skit
To leap aside; to caper.
Skim
(transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Skit
To cast reflections on; to asperse.
Skim
To hasten along with superficial attention.
Skit
A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.
A similar vein satire upon the emptiness of writers is given in his "Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Human Mind;" but that is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
Skim
To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
Skit
A wanton girl; a light wench.
Skim
(transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
Skimming stones
Skit
A short theatrical presentation, often comical or satirical. Comical skits are sometimes presented by amateur or ad hoc groups at parties, dinners, or other social gatherings.
Skim
(intransitive) To ricochet.
Skit
A short theatrical episode
Skim
(transitive) To read quickly, skipping some detail.
I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.
Skim
(transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
Skim
(transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
To skim milk
To skim broth
Skim
(transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
To skim cream
Skim
To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
Skim
To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
Skim
(intransitive) To become coated over.
Skim
(of milk) Having lowered fat content.
Skim
A cursory reading, skipping the details.
Skim
(informal) Skim milk.
Skim
The act of skimming.
Skim
That which is skimmed off.
Skim
Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
Skim
To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
Skim
To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
Skim
To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean.
Skim
Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
Skim
To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Skim
To hasten along with superficial attention.
They skim over a science in a very superficial survey.
Skim
To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
Skim
Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
Skim
A thin layer covering the surface of a liquid;
There was a thin skim of oil on the water
Skim
Reading or glancing through quickly
Skim
Travel on the surface of water
Skim
Move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
Skim
Examine hastily;
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
Skim
Cause to skip over a surface;
Skip a stone across the pond
Skim
Coat (a liquid) with a layer
Skim
Remove from the surface;
Skim cream from the surface of milk
Skim
Read superficially
Skim
Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed;
Yogurt made with skim milk
She can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter
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