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Whit vs Modicum - What's the difference?

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Whit is a related term of modicum.


As nouns the difference between whit and modicum

is that whit is the season of whitsuntide while modicum is a small, modest or trifling amount.

whit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
    • He worked tirelessly to collect and wind a ball of string eight feet around, and it matters not one whit .
  • * 1602 : (William Shakespeare), , act V scene 2
    • Not a whit .
  • * 1917 , Incident by

    • Synonyms

    * (smallest part imaginable) bit, iota, jot, scrap * See also .

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    modicum

    English

    Noun

    (modica)
  • A small, modest or trifling amount.
    • Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others.

    Synonyms

    * (a small amount) iota, jot, tittle * See also .