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Jot vs. Dot — What's the Difference?

Jot vs. Dot — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Jot and Dot

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Jot

The smallest bit; iota.

Dot

A small round mark or spot
A symbol depicted in coloured dots

Jot

To write down briefly or hastily
Jot down an address.

Dot

A dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband.

Jot

Iota; the smallest letter or stroke of any writing.
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Dot

Mark with a small spot or spots
Wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt

Jot

A small amount, bit; the smallest amount.
He didn't care a jot for his work.

Dot

Hit (someone)
‘You want to dot him one,’ he said

Jot

A brief and hurriedly written note.

Dot

A tiny round mark made by or as if by a pointed instrument; a spot.

Jot

(obsolete) A moment, an instant.

Dot

Such a mark used in orthography, as above an i.

Jot

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

Dot

The basic unit of composition for an image produced by a device that prints text or graphics on paper
A resolution of 900 dots per inch.

Jot

To set down; to make a brief note of; - usually followed by down.

Dot

A tiny amount.

Jot

A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

Dot

In Morse and similar codes, the short sound or signal used in combination with the dash and silent intervals to represent letters, numbers, or punctuation.

Jot

A slight but appreciable addition;
This dish could use a touch of garlic

Dot

A decimal point.

Jot

Write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

Dot

A symbol (·) indicating multiplication, as in 2 · 4 = 8.

Dot

(Music) A mark after a note indicating an increase in time value by half.

Dot

(Computers) A period, as used as in URLs and email addresses, to separate strings of words, as in www.hmhco.com.

Dot

A woman's marriage portion; a dowry.

Dot

To mark with a dot.

Dot

To form or make with dots.

Dot

To cover with or as if with dots
"Campfires, like red, peculiar blossoms, dotted the night" (Stephen Crane).

Dot

To make a dot.

Dot

A small, round spot.
A dot of colour

Dot

(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.

Dot

A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.

Dot

(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.

Dot

One of the two symbols used in Morse code.

Dot

(obsolete) A lump or clot.

Dot

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
A dot of a child

Dot

A dot ball.

Dot

(MLE) buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun

Dot

(MLE) dotty

Dot

A dowry.

Dot

(transitive) To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.

Dot

(transitive) To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
Dot your is and cross your ts.

Dot

To mark by means of dots or small spots.
To dot a line

Dot

To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
To dot a landscape with cottages

Dot

(colloquial) To punch (a person).

Dot

Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.
The work is equal to F dot Δx.

Dot

A marriage portion; dowry.

Dot

A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.

Dot

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.

Dot

To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.

Dot

To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.

Dot

To make dots or specks.

Dot

The United States Department of Transportation.

Dot

A very small circular shape;
A row of points
Draw lines between the dots

Dot

The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

Dot

The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Dot

Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Dot

Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs;
Hills constellated with lights

Dot

Distribute loosely;
He scattered gun powder under the wagon

Dot

Make a dot or dots

Dot

Mark with a dot;
Dot your `i's

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