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Smidgen vs Smatch - What's the difference?

smidgen | smatch |

As nouns the difference between smidgen and smatch

is that smidgen is a very small quantity or amount while smatch is smack, taste.

As a verb smatch is

to have a taste, smack.

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

    smatch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • smack, taste
  • *
  • *:Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it
  • tincture
  • trace, small quantity, smidge, smattering or smidgen

    • Verb

  • To have a taste, smack.
  • To have a taste or sample of, smack of, taste.
  • (obsolete) To smack.
    • (Webster 1913)