flyspeck vs speckle

flyspeck

verb
  • To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color. 

  • To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick. 

noun
  • Anything tiny or insignificant. 

  • Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot. 

speckle

verb
  • To mark with speckles. 

noun
  • A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage. 

  • Kind; sort. 

  • A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus. 

  • The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface. 

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