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Mote vs Iota - What's the difference?

mote | iota |

As nouns the difference between mote and iota

is that mote is thought, idea while iota is a bank account that earns interest and pays it to a third party, generally a charity; the principal is typically being held in escrow by the accountholder.

mote

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small particle; a speck.
  • *
    • Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
  • A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.
    • See also
    * floater

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) moten, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
    • he […] kept aloofe for dread to be descryde, / Untill fit time and place he mote' espy, / Where he ' mote worke him scath and villeny.
  • (obsolete) Must.
  • * 1980 , (Erica Jong), Fanny :
    • ‘I shall not take Vengeance into my own Hands. The Goddess will do what She will.’ ‘So mote it be,’ said the Grandmaster.
    Usage notes
    * Generally takes an infinitive without to .

    Etymology 3

    See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
    • a wardmote in the city of London
  • (obsolete) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
    • a folkmote
  • (obsolete) A place of meeting for discussion.
    • Derived terms
    * mote bell

    Anagrams

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    iota

    English

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ninth, and smallest, letter of the Greek alphabet.
    • As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
    There are twelve iotas on that page.
  • A jot; a very small, inconsiderable quantity.
  • * Burke
    • They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation.
    Synonyms
    * (jot) See also .

    Anagrams

    * ----