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Nibble vs. Nybble
Nibble
/ˈnɪbəl/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
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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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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- "Nibble" is related to biting or eating, while "nybble" is related to computers.
- "Nibble" is associated with small bites, like what a rabbit might do.
- "Nybble" is a technical term used in data processing, referring to four bits.
- Think of "nibble" as what you do with food, and "nybble" as a unit of digital information.
- In pronunciation, they sound the same, but "nibble" is related to physical eating, and "nybble" is technical jargon.
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