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Dotted vs Jotted - What's the difference?

dotted | jotted |

As verbs the difference between dotted and jotted

is that dotted is (dot) while jotted is (jot).

As an adjective dotted

is of a line, made up of a series of dots.

dotted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dot)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a line, made up of a series of dots.
    • Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line.

    Derived terms

    * sign on the dotted line

    See also

    * dashed

    jotted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (jot)

    • 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