Difference between Jiffy and Trice

What is the difference between Jiffy and Trice?

Jiffy as a noun is a very short, unspecified length of time. while Trice as a noun is a very short time; an instant; a moment; – now used only in the phrase in a trice.

Jiffy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A very short, unspecified length of time. A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer; historically, and by convention, 0.01 seconds, but some operating systems use other values. The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon) The time between alternating current power cycles (1/60 or 1/50 of a second)

Trice

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A very short time; an instant; a moment; – now used only in the phrase in a trice.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

We hope you now know whether to use Jiffy or Trice in your sentence.

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