Bit-Bitten | Commonly Confused Words

Bit

/bɪt/

A small piece or amount of something

Maybe she'll toss me a few bits in the show."'Stop a bit.'No, not a bit too much,' said Peg.

This word has no antonyms

/ˈbɪtn/

Having been wounded or pierced by teeth

Bit is the past tense of bite, while bitten is the past participle form.
Use bit when you are describing something that happened in the past without a helping verb.
Remember that bitten is used with helping verbs like have, has, or had to form perfect tenses.
You can associate bit with a direct action in the past, while bitten suggests a completed action by a certain time.
A handy way to remember: I bit into the apple but I have been bitten by the snake.