scintilla vs speck

scintilla

noun
  • A small or trace amount. 

  • A small spark or flash. 

speck

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

  • A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol. 

  • The fat of the hippopotamus. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To mark with specks; to speckle. 

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