Frit vs. Fret

Frit vs. Fret — Is There a Difference?
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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 water
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Fritverb

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.
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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 guitar

Fretverb

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 exams

Fretnoun

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 walls

Fretnoun

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 now

Fretverb

be agitated or irritated;

don't fret over these small details

Fretverb

provide (a musical instrument) with frets;

fret a guitar

Fretverb

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 festered

Fretverb

carve a pattern into

Fretverb

decorate with an interlaced design

Fretverb

be too tight; rub or press;

This neckband is choking the cat

Fretverb

cause friction;

my sweater scratches

Fretverb

remove soil or rock;

Rain eroded the terraces

Fretverb

wear away or erode