blotch vs speck

blotch

verb
  • To mark with blotches. 

  • To develop blotches, to become blotchy. 

noun
  • An irregularly shaped area. 

  • An uneven patch of color or discoloration. 

  • A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality. 

  • A dark spot on the skin; a pustule. 

  • Blotting paper. 

  • Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots. 

  • Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain. 

speck

verb
  • To mark with specks; to speckle. 

noun
  • A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol. 

  • The fat of the hippopotamus. 

  • A very small thing; a particle; a whit. 

  • A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. 

  • Fat; lard; fat meat. 

  • The blubber of whales or other marine mammals. 

  • A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States. 

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