Dot vs Jot - What's the difference?

dot | jot |

As nouns the difference between dot and jot

is that dot is a small spot while jot is an iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.

As verbs the difference between dot and jot

is that dot is to cover with small spots (of some liquid) while jot is (usually with "down") To write quickly.

As a preposition dot

is dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

As a proper noun Dot

is diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.

As an acronym DOT

is department of Transportation.

dot

English

(wikipedia dot)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A small spot.

a dot of colour

(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.

A diacritical mark comprised of a small opaque circle above or below any of various letters of the Latin script. Examples include: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, etc.

(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.

One of the two symbols used in Morse code.

(obsolete) A lump or clot.

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.

a dot of a child

(cricket, informal) A dot ball.

Synonyms

* (small spot) speck, spot * (at the end of a sentence or abbreviation) full stop (British), period (US), point * (as a diacritic) tittle (over the letters i and j) * (sense) decimal point * (in Morse code) dit

Derived terms

(terms derived from dot) * centered dot, centred dot * connect the dots * dotcom * dot matrix * dot matrix printer * dot product * dottel * dottle * dotty * join the dots * middle dot * off one's dot * on the dot * polka dot * the year dot

Verb

(dott)

To cover with small spots (of some liquid).

His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.

To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

Dot your i''s and cross your ''t s.

To mark by means of dots or small spots.

to dot a line

To mark or diversify with small detached objects.

to dot a landscape with cottages

Derived terms

* dot do dot * dot the i's and cross the t's

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

The work is equal to F dot ?x.

Coordinate terms

* *

Etymology 2

From (etyl) dot.

Alternative forms

* dote

Noun

(en noun)

(US, Louisiana) A dowry.

* 1919 , , (The Moon and Sixpence) ,

"Have you the pictures still?" I asked.

"Yes; I am keeping them till my daughter is of marriageable age, and then I shall sell them. They will be her dot ."

* 1927 , Anna Bowman Dodd, Talleyrand: the Training of a Statesman :

As a bride, Madame de Talleyrand had brought a small dot of fifteen thousand francs to the family fund.

Anagrams

* ----

jot

English

Noun

(en noun)

An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.

He didn't care a jot for his work.

* Bible, Matthew v. 18

Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

* Shakespeare

Neither will they bate / One jot of ceremony.

A brief and hurriedly written note.

* 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53:

"I say, it is no uneven jot , to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical'' life to the more considerable effects of ''general Motion'' in ''Minerals'', ''Metalls'', and sundry ''Meteors "

Synonyms

*(small amount) see also .

Derived terms

* every jot and tittle * not a jot or tittle

Verb

(jott)

(usually with "down") To write quickly.

Tell me your order, so I can jot it down.

Derived terms

* jot down