Smattering vs Mattering - What's the difference?
smattering | mattering |
A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
A small number or amount of something.
As verbs the difference between smattering and mattering
is that smattering is while mattering is .As a noun smattering
is a superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.smattering
English
Noun
- She knows a smattering of Greek, but not enough to carry on a conversation.
- There’s only a smattering of people who oppose the second amendment.