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Mortling vs Mottling - What's the difference?

mortling | mottling |

As nouns the difference between mortling and mottling

is that mortling is an animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation while mottling is spots or blotches of different shades or colours.

As a verb mottling is

present participle of lang=en.

mortling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation.
  • (UK) Wool taken from a dead sheep.

    • Synonyms

    * (wool) morling (Webster 1913)

    mottling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • spots or blotches of different shades or colours
  • * 1910 , The Year Book of Dermatology (page 124)
    • The skin was somewhat pigmented, especially in certain regions, while over the whole there appeared whitish, rounded or oval mottlings or dapplings, most obvious where the surrounding cuticle was most deeply colored.