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Blot vs Imputation - What's the difference?

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Blot is a related term of imputation.


As nouns the difference between blot and imputation

is that blot is a norse pagan ritual sacrifice, now performed by the followers of asatru while imputation is the act of imputing]] or [[charge|charging; attribution; ascription.

blot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
  • * Shakespeare
  • inky blots
  • (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
  • * Shakespeare
  • This deadly blot in thy digressing son.
  • (biochemistry) The Southern blot analysis (and derived Northern and Western) analytical techniques.
  • (backgammon) an exposed piece in backgammon.
  • Verb

  • to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
  • to soak up or absorb liquid.
  • This paper blots easily.
  • To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
  • To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
  • * Gascoigne
  • The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore.
  • To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  • * Shakespeare
  • It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
  • To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
  • * Rowe
  • Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood.
  • To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out .
  • to blot out a word or a sentence
  • * Dryden
  • One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
  • To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
  • * Cowley
  • He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.

    Derived terms

    * blotting paper * blot out

    Anagrams

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    imputation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of imputing]] or [[charge, charging; attribution; ascription.
  • That which has been imputed or charged.
  • Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
  • (theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.
  • Opinion; intimation; hint.
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