Smidgen vs Smattering - What's the difference?
smidgen | smattering |
A very small quantity or amount.
A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
A small number or amount of something.
As nouns the difference between smidgen and smattering
is that smidgen is a very small quantity or amount while smattering is a superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.As a verb smattering is
present participle of lang=en.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 breadthsmattering
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.