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Motley vs Stippled - What's the difference?

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Motley is a related term of stippled.


As an adjective motley

is comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.

As a noun motley

is an incongruous mixture.

As a verb stippled is

(stipple).

motley

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • Having many colours; variegated.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incongruous mixture.
  • A jester's multicoloured clothes.
  • (by extension) A jester; a fool.
  • * 1598 , , III. iii. 71:
    • Will you be married, motley ?
  • * 1609 , :
    • Alas, 'tis true, I have gone here and there, / And made myself a motley to the view,

    stippled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stipple)

    • stipple

    English

    (Stippling)

    Noun

    (-)
  • the use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used

    • Verb

    (stippl)
  • to use small dots to give the appearance of shading

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