Morsel vs Skerrick - What's the difference?
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A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.
A very small amount.
* 2008 , Pamela Griffin, New York Brides , Barbour Publishing Inc. (2008), ISBN 9781597899840, page 70:
(British) A very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative and chiefly in British and Australian English.
* 2007, Kennedy Warne, Blue Haven , National Geographic (April 2007), 74,
Morsel is a related term of skerrick.
As nouns the difference between morsel and skerrick
is that morsel is a small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food while skerrick is (british) a very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative and chiefly in british and australian english.morsel
English
Noun
(en noun)- Didn't even a morsel of decency remain in his brother?
Synonyms
* See also .Derived terms
* morselize, morselizationExternal links
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* ----skerrick
English
Noun
(en noun)- "And all I can think is that they're seeing a crumb, a skerrick of what it once was".