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Scribble vs Jot - What's the difference?

scribble | jot |

As verbs the difference between scribble and jot

is that scribble is to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry while jot is (usually with "down") To write quickly.

As nouns the difference between scribble and jot

is that scribble is careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing while jot is an iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.

scribble

English

Verb

(scribbl)
  • To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry
  • To doodle
  • (obsolete) To card or tease (wool) coarsely; to run through a scribbler.

    • Synonyms

    * scrawl

    Related terms

    * scribe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing

    • External links

    * *

    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