jot vs minimum

jot

noun
  • A small amount, bit; the smallest amount. 

  • Iota; the smallest letter or stroke of any writing. 

  • A brief and hurriedly written note. 

verb
  • To write quickly. 

minimum

noun
  • The smallest amount. 

  • He always tries to get away with doing the minimum. 

  • The lowest limit. 

  • A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star). 

  • The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution. 

  • A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set. 

adj
  • To the lowest degree. 

How often have the words jot and minimum occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )