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Smidge vs Smidgen - What's the difference?

smidge | smidgen | Alternative forms |

Smidgen is a alternative form of smidge.



As nouns the difference between smidge and smidgen

is that smidge is alternative form of lang=en while smidgen is a very small quantity or amount.

smidge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anagrams

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    smidgen

    English

    Alternative forms

    * smidge, smidgeon, smidgin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very small quantity or amount.
  • Would you like some more cake? — I'll have a smidgen .
    Move it a smidgen to the right.

    Usage notes

    Some cookbooks and manufacturers of kitchen measurement sets have attempted to define a smidgen' for recipes. Anything between 1/25th and 1/48th of a teaspoon may be found, 1/32nd being perhaps the most commonly used. Other commonly used measures for small amounts include tad, dash, pinch, and drop. There seems to be some consensus of tad being the largest in this set and ' smidgen being larger than a drop but smaller than a pinch.

    Synonyms

    * see * hair's breadth