mite vs speck

mite

noun
  • Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. 

  • A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. 

  • A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. 

  • A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. 

  • Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari). 

  • A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal. 

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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