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Dots vs Spotted - What's the difference?

dots | spotted |

As verbs the difference between dots and spotted

is that dots is third-person singular of dot while spotted is past tense of spot.

As a noun dots

is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective spotted is

discoloured by spots; stained.

dots

English

Noun

(-)
  • A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (dot)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    spotted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Discoloured by spots; stained.
  • (no comparative or superlative ) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
    • the spotted hyena

    Synonyms

    * (discoloured by spots ): blotched, blotchy, stained, spotty

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spot)

    • Derived terms

    * spotted bowerbird * spotted cucumber * spotted dick * spotted dolphin * spotted eagle ray * spotted fever * spotted nothura * spotted redshank * spotted tree