Flecked vs Stained - What's the difference?
flecked | stained |
(fleck)
A flake
A lock, as of wool.
A small spot or streak; a speckle.
* Longfellow
* Tennyson
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.
As verbs the difference between flecked and stained
is that flecked is (fleck) while stained is (stain).As an adjective stained is
having a stain.flecked
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Verb
(head)fleck
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Noun
(en noun)- A sunny fleck .
- Life is dashed with flecks of sin.
