Smidgen vs Iota - What's the difference?
smidgen | iota |
A very small quantity or amount.
The ninth, and smallest, letter of the Greek alphabet.
A jot; a very small, inconsiderable quantity.
* Burke
As nouns the difference between smidgen and iota
is that smidgen is a very small quantity or amount while iota is the ninth, and smallest, letter of the Greek alphabet.smidgen
English
Alternative forms
* smidge, smidgeon, smidginNoun
(en noun)- 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 breadthiota
English
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(en noun)- As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
- There are twelve iotas on that page.
- They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation.
