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Freckle vs Fleck - What's the difference?

freckle | fleck |

In transitive terms the difference between freckle and fleck

is that freckle is to cover with freckles while fleck is to mark with small spots.

As a proper noun Fleck is

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freckle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
    • Steve has brown hair, blue eyes and freckles on his cheeks and nose.
  • Any small spot or discoloration.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * lentigo

    Verb

    (freckl)
  • To cover with freckles.
  • To become covered with freckles.

    • Related terms

    * freckled * freckleface * freckly

    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
  • *
  • *: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.