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Nibble vs. Nybble

Nibble

/ˈnɪbəl/
To take small bites at something

Examples:

The cat continued to nibble on the corner of the cardboard.Alison likes to nibble on dark chocolate when stressed.Tiny fish began to nibble at the food in the pond.

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Nybble

A unit of digital information in computing, equal to four bits or half of a byte.

Examples:

A nybble is half of a byte, representing 4 bits in binary.Nybble contains enough data to encode 16 unique values.In computing, a nybble is used for encoding single hex digits.

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Ways to tell them apart:

etymology
  • Nibble is related to biting while nybble relates to computing.
  • A nibble pertains to eating habits; it's a small bite or tender munch.
  • A nybble is half of a byte in computer terms, which is crucial for understanding in technology fields.
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