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Morsel vs Smidgen - What's the difference?

morsel | smidgen |

As nouns the difference between morsel and smidgen

is that morsel is a small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food while smidgen is a very small quantity or amount.

morsel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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:
    • Didn't even a morsel of decency remain in his brother?

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    Derived terms

    * morselize, morselization

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

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    smidgen

    English

    Alternative forms

    * smidge, smidgeon, smidgin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very small quantity or amount.
    • Would you like some more cake? — I'll have a smidgen .
    Move it a smidgen to the right.

    Usage notes

    Some cookbooks and manufacturers of kitchen measurement sets have attempted to define a smidgen' for recipes. Anything between 1/25th and 1/48th of a teaspoon may be found, 1/32nd being perhaps the most commonly used. Other commonly used measures for small amounts include tad, dash, pinch, and drop. There seems to be some consensus of tad being the largest in this set and ' smidgen being larger than a drop but smaller than a pinch.

    Synonyms

    * see * hair's breadth