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Punctate vs Spotty - What's the difference?

punctate | spotty |

As adjectives the difference between punctate and spotty

is that punctate is marked by spots, dots, points, or s while spotty is having spots; spotted.

As a noun spotty is

a common new zealand fish,.

punctate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • marked by spots, dots, points, or s.
    • Head and pronotum densely punctate and predominantly opaque, punctures on upper half of head mostly contiguous and without extensive shiny interspaces... (Keys to the Nearctic species of Pseudomyrmex)
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    spotty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having spots; spotted.
  • Of inconsistent quality
    • Many of the buyers had a spotty credit history.

    Noun

    (spotties)
  • A common New Zealand fish,
    • I went fishing today and all I caught were spotties .

    Derived terms

    * spottiness English slang