Words: whit, wight [MW]

Main Entry: whit
Pronunciation: hwit, wit
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration of wiht, wight creature, thing -- more at WIGHT
: the smallest part or particle imaginable : BIT <what some people will do for a whit of publicity -- Patrick Quinn>

Main Entry: wight
Pronunciation: wIt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, creature, thing, from Old English wiht; akin to Old High German wiht creature, thing, Old Church Slavonic vesti thing
: a living being : CREATURE; especially : a human being