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Skerrick vs Whit - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between skerrick and whit

is that skerrick is a very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative and chiefly in British and Australian English while whit is the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

skerrick

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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,
    • "And all I can think is that they're seeing a crumb, a skerrick of what it once was".

    whit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
    • He worked tirelessly to collect and wind a ball of string eight feet around, and it matters not one whit .
  • * 1602 : (William Shakespeare), , act V scene 2
    • Not a whit .
  • * 1917 , Incident by

    • Synonyms

    * (smallest part imaginable) bit, iota, jot, scrap * See also .

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