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Jot vs Yot - What's the difference?

jot | yot |

As nouns the difference between jot and yot

is that jot is while yot is the letter , an uncommon variant of j used in greek linguistics.

As a verb yot is

(dialectal) to unite closely; fasten; rivet.

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

    yot

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , from (etyl) (Jot).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The letter , an uncommon variant of J used in Greek linguistics.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably from an alteration of yet, . More at (l), (l).

    Verb

    (yott)
  • (dialectal) To unite closely; fasten; rivet.
    • Synonyms
    * (l) ----