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Jot vs Scriggle - What's the difference?

jot | scriggle |

As a noun jot

is .

As a verb scriggle is

(uk|dialect) to squirm, wriggle or squiggle.

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

    scriggle

    English

    Verb

    (scriggl)
  • (UK, dialect) to squirm, wriggle or squiggle
  • (rare) to scribble, jot

    • References

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