Dot vs Blot - What's the difference?

dot | blot |

In transitive terms the difference between dot and blot

is that dot is to add a dot (the symbol) or dots to while blot is to obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

As a preposition dot

is dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

As a proper noun Dot

is diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.

As an acronym DOT

is department of Transportation.

dot

English

(wikipedia dot)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A small spot.

a dot of colour

(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.

A diacritical mark comprised of a small opaque circle above or below any of various letters of the Latin script. Examples include: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, etc.

(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.

One of the two symbols used in Morse code.

(obsolete) A lump or clot.

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.

a dot of a child

(cricket, informal) A dot ball.

Synonyms

* (small spot) speck, spot * (at the end of a sentence or abbreviation) full stop (British), period (US), point * (as a diacritic) tittle (over the letters i and j) * (sense) decimal point * (in Morse code) dit

Derived terms

(terms derived from dot) * centered dot, centred dot * connect the dots * dotcom * dot matrix * dot matrix printer * dot product * dottel * dottle * dotty * join the dots * middle dot * off one's dot * on the dot * polka dot * the year dot

Verb

(dott)

To cover with small spots (of some liquid).

His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.

To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

Dot your i''s and cross your ''t s.

To mark by means of dots or small spots.

to dot a line

To mark or diversify with small detached objects.

to dot a landscape with cottages

Derived terms

* dot do dot * dot the i's and cross the t's

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

The work is equal to F dot ?x.

Coordinate terms

* *

Etymology 2

From (etyl) dot.

Alternative forms

* dote

Noun

(en noun)

(US, Louisiana) A dowry.

* 1919 , , (The Moon and Sixpence) ,

"Have you the pictures still?" I asked.

"Yes; I am keeping them till my daughter is of marriageable age, and then I shall sell them. They will be her dot ."

* 1927 , Anna Bowman Dodd, Talleyrand: the Training of a Statesman :

As a bride, Madame de Talleyrand had brought a small dot of fifteen thousand francs to the family fund.

Anagrams

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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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