Might vs. Mite — What's the Difference?

Past of may

Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites are not a defined taxon, but the name is used for members of several groups in the subclass acari of the class Arachnida.

Used tentatively to ask permission or to express a polite request

Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina, including species that damage crops or stored food and species that are parasitic on animals and often transmit disease.

Used to express possibility or make a suggestion

A very small contribution or amount of money.

Great and impressive power or strength, especially of a nation, large organization, or natural force

A widow's mite.

Great power or force, as of a nation or army.

A very small object, creature, or particle.

Physical strength

A coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing.

Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group.

Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).

(uncountable) Physical strength or force.

A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.

(uncountable) The ability to do something.

A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

(obsolete) Mighty; powerful.

A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

(obsolete) Possible.

Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.

(auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions.

A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.

(auxiliary) may Used to indicate permission in past tense.

Eye dialect of might

(auxiliary) may Used to indicate possibility in past tense.

A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the dust mite, cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, three-toed spider mite, etc. See Acarina.

Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.

A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

(auxiliary) Even though.

A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

(auxiliary) Used in polite requests for permission

Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.

Used to express certainty.

A slight but appreciable addition;

Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity.

Any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

Physical strength