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Wotted vs Jotted - What's the difference?

wotted | jotted |

As verbs the difference between wotted and jotted

is that wotted is (wot) while jotted is (jot).

wotted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wot)

    • wot

    English

    Etymology 1

    An extension of the present-tense form of (m) (verb) to apply to all forms.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (archaic) To know.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John XII:
    • He that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.
  • * 1855 , John Godfrey Saxe, Poems , Ticknor & Fields 1855, p. 121:
    • She little wots , poor Lady Anne! Her wedded lord is dead.
  • * 1866 , Algernon Charles Swinburne, "The Garden of Proserpine" in Poems and Ballads , 1st Series, London: J. C. Hotten, 1866:
    • They wot not who make thither [...].
  • * 1889 , William Morris, The Roots of the Mountains , Inkling Books 2003, p. 241:
    • Then he cast his eyes on the road that entered the Market-stead from the north, and he saw thereon many men gathered; and he wotted not what they were [...].

    Etymology 2

    From (m), in return from (etyl) (m).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wit)

    • Etymology 3

    Representing pronunciation.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • what (humorous misspelling intended to mimic certain working class accents )
  • * 1859', Then, '''wot with undertakers, and wot with parish clerks, and wot with sextons, and wot with private watchmen (all awaricious and all in it), a man wouldn't get much by it, even if it was so. — Charles Dickens, ''A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin 2003, p. 319)
    • Wot , no bananas? (popular slogan during wartime rationing)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) ----

    jotted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (jot)

    • jot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.
    • He didn't care a jot for his work.
  • * Bible, Matthew v. 18
    • Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Neither will they bate / One jot of ceremony.
  • A brief and hurriedly written note.
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53:
    • "I say, it is no uneven jot , to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical'' life to the more considerable effects of ''general Motion'' in ''Minerals'', ''Metalls'', and sundry ''Meteors "

    Synonyms

    *(small amount) see also .

    Derived terms

    * every jot and tittle * not a jot or tittle

    Verb

    (jott)
  • (usually with "down") To write quickly.
    • Tell me your order, so I can jot it down.

    Derived terms

    * jot down