Frit vs. Fret
Difference Between Frit and Fret
Fritnoun
A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
Fretverb
Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
Fritnoun
(archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age
Fretverb
(transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
Fritverb
To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
Fretverb
(transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
to fret the surface of waterFritverb
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
Fretverb
(transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
Fritadjective
Frightened.
Fretverb
(ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
Fretverb
(ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
Fretverb
(intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
A wristband frets on the edges.Fretverb
(intransitive) To be anxious, to worry.
Fretverb
(intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
Rancour frets in the malignant breast.Fretverb
To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
Fretverb
(transitive) To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
Fretverb
(transitive) To form a pattern on; to variegate.
Fretverb
(transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
Fretverb
To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
Fretverb
Musical senses.
Fretverb
To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
to fret a guitarFretverb
To press down the string behind a fret.
Fretnoun
Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
Fretnoun
Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
He keeps his mind in a continual fret.Fretnoun
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Fretnoun
The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.
Fretnoun
An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
Fretnoun
(heraldic charge) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
Fretnoun
A ferrule, a ring.
Fretnoun
(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
Fretnoun
A channel, a strait; a fretum.
Fretnoun
(rare) A channel or passage created by the sea.
Fretnoun
(Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
Fretnoun
agitation resulting from active worry;
don't get in a stewhe's in a sweat about examsFretnoun
a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
Fretnoun
an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief);
there was a simple fret at the top of the wallsFretnoun
a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
Fretverb
worry unnecessarily or excessively;
don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big nowFretverb
be agitated or irritated;
don't fret over these small detailsFretverb
provide (a musical instrument) with frets;
fret a guitarFretverb
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
Fretverb
cause annoyance in
Fretverb
gnaw into; make resentful or angry;
The unjustice rankled herhis resentment festeredFretverb
carve a pattern into
Fretverb
decorate with an interlaced design
Fretverb
be too tight; rub or press;
This neckband is choking the catFretverb
cause friction;
my sweater scratchesFretverb
remove soil or rock;
Rain eroded the terracesFretverb
wear away or erode
