note vs spot

note

noun
  • A piece of paper money; a banknote. 

  • A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. 

  • Reputation; distinction. 

  • A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. 

  • A short informal letter; a billet. 

  • A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute. 

  • A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment 

  • A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes. 

  • A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. 

  • Observation; notice; heed. 

  • The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period. 

  • A diplomatic missive or written communication. 

  • A call or song of a bird. 

  • A critical comment. 

  • A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. 

  • A key of the piano or organ. 

  • A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. 

  • That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work. 

  • An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse. 

verb
  • To denote; to designate. 

  • To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed. 

  • To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. 

  • To annotate. 

  • To set down in musical characters. 

  • To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. 

spot

noun
  • A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars. 

  • A bright lamp; a spotlight. 

  • The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. 

  • The act of spotting or noticing something. 

  • An official determination of placement. 

  • A brief advertisement or program segment on television. 

  • Penalty spot. 

  • A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. 

  • A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak. 

  • An autosoliton. 

  • A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape. 

  • A parking space. 

  • One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter. 

  • Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc. 

  • A difficult situation. 

  • A pimple, papule or pustule. 

  • A stain or disfiguring mark. 

  • A decimal point; point. 

  • A location or area. 

  • Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes. 

  • A small, unspecified amount or quantity. 

adj
  • Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery. 

verb
  • To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing. 

  • To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws. 

  • To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning. 

  • To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. 

  • To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates. 

  • To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain. 

  • To loan a small amount of money to someone. 

  • To stain; to leave a spot (on). 

  • To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify. 

  • To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading. 

  • To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult. 

  • To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation. 

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