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Jotted vs Jolted - What's the difference?

jotted | jolted |

As verbs the difference between jotted and jolted

is that jotted is past tense of jot while jolted is past tense of jolt.

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

    jolted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (jolt)

  • jolt

    English

    (wikipedia jolt)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
  • The bus jolted its passengers.
  • 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.
  • Her untimely death jolted us all.
  • To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
  • The bus jolted along the stony path.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of jolting.
  • A surprise or shock.
  • (slang) A long prison sentence.
  • (slang) A narcotic injection.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (prison sentence) bit