Blotch vs Stain - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between blotch and stain

is that blotch is an uneven patch of color or discoloration while stain is a discoloured spot or area.

is that blotch is to mark with blotches while stain is to discolour something.

(es)

An uneven patch of color or discoloration.

An irregularly shaped spot.

To mark with blotches.

(wikipedia stain)

(en noun)

A discoloured spot or area.

A blemish on one's character or reputation.

A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.

* (l) * Giemsa stain * Leishman stain * Romanowsky stain * Wright-Giemse stain * Wright's stain

(en verb)

To discolour something

to stain the hand with dye

armour stained with blood

To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation

* Milton

Of honour void, / Of innocence, of faith, of purity, / Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained .

To coat a surface with a stain

to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.

the stained glass used for church windows

To treat a microscope specimen with a dye

To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

She stains the ripest virgins of her age.

* Spenser

that did all other beasts in beauty stain

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