spatter vs speckle

spatter

noun
  • A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface. 

  • A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface. 

  • A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface. 

  • A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface. 

  • The sound of droplets hitting a surface. 

verb
  • To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing. 

  • To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets. 

  • To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something). 

  • To splash (someone or something) with small droplets. 

  • To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around. 

speckle

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. 

verb
  • To mark with speckles. 

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