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letter vs iota

iota vs letter

letter and iota both are nouns.

letter is a verb but iota is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
letter Yes No Yes No
iota Yes No No No
As nouns, iota is a hyponym of letter; that is, iota is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than letter:
  • letter: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  • iota: the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
Other hyponyms of letter include ascender, descender, digram, digraph, initial, A, a, B, b, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, Q, q, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, double-u, W, w, ex, X, x, wye, Y, y, ezed, izzard, Z, z, zed, zee, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, khi, psi, omega, aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yodh, kaph, lamedh, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, sin, shin, taw, polyphone, polyphonic letter, block capital, block letter, vowel, consonant, yus.
letter (noun) iota (noun)
a written message addressed to a person or organization the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
an award earned by participation in a school sport
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
letter (verb) iota (verb)
mark letters on or mark with letters
set down or print with letters
win an athletic letter
Difference between letter and iota

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