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Fleck vs Spec - What's the difference?

fleck | spec |

As an adjective fleck

is fledged, full-fledged.

As a noun spec is

(colloquial) short form of specification.

As a verb spec is

to specify, especially in a formal specification document.

fleck

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flake
  • A lock, as of wool.
  • A small spot or streak; a speckle.
  • * Longfellow
    • A sunny fleck .
  • * Tennyson
    • Life is dashed with flecks of sin.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mark with small spots
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

    • spec

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) short form of specification
  • (colloquial) short form of speculation
  • short form of specialization
  • short form of special
  • (dialect) a special place (for hiding or viewing)
  • (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.

    • Derived terms

    * on spec

    Verb

  • To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
  • * 1999 , George Buehler, The Troller Yacht Book
    • I've found some professional yards want everything specced out completely while a home builder will just do things the way he wants.
  • * 1995 , Fred Moody, I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier
    • Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical?

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