Smattering vs Smatch - What's the difference?
smattering | smatch |
A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
A small number or amount of something.
smack, taste
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*:Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it
tincture
trace, small quantity, smidge, smattering or smidgen
To have a taste, smack.
To have a taste or sample of, smack of, taste.
(obsolete) To smack.
As nouns the difference between smattering and smatch
is that smattering is a superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject while smatch is smack, taste.As verbs the difference between smattering and smatch
is that smattering is while smatch is to have a taste, smack.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.