Jot vs Jolt - What's the difference?
jot | jolt |
An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.
* Bible, Matthew v. 18
* Shakespeare
A brief and hurriedly written note.
* 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53:
(usually with "down") To write quickly.
To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.
To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency
To shock emotionally.
To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
An act of jolting.
A surprise or shock.
(slang) A long prison sentence.
(slang) A narcotic injection.
As nouns the difference between jot and jolt
is that jot is an iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle while jolt is an act of jolting.As verbs the difference between jot and jolt
is that jot is (usually with "down") To write quickly while jolt is to push or shake abruptly and roughly.jot
English
Noun
(en noun)- He didn't care a jot for his work.
- Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Neither will they bate / One jot of ceremony.
- "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 tittleVerb
(jott)- Tell me your order, so I can jot it down.
Derived terms
* jot downjolt
English
(wikipedia jolt)Verb
(en verb)- The bus jolted its passengers.
- Her untimely death jolted us all.
- The bus jolted along the stony path.