Crossword Dictionary
shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge - n
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Examples:
If I find a shred of evidence that she was up to this, then I'll be showing up at her place to talk.
Not an iota of cake was left after the boys ran through the kitchen and devoured it.
I wish there was even a smidgen of acknowledgement for the rest of us that are still left in the community.
We only received a tittle of rain today, but it was still refreshing for the dry land.
The only thing that remained was a scintilla of a cheese that the mouse left behind.
speck
noun
a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies.
synonyms
blot, dot, fleck, iota, mite, particle, shred, splotch
examples:
‘Then be grateful for this perk, And forget that the economy is dreck, And while I plot my coup — here’s what I’ve got for you, It’s just a speck.’
‘Hundreds of specks appear clustered beyond Neptune, a hint that something up to 10 times as massive as Earth might lie beyond.’
‘That star was no longer an anonymous speck floating in a vast uncharted sea.’
‘An atomic nucleus is a vanishingly small speck at the core of a comparatively vast atom.’