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Speckle vs Fleck - What's the difference?

speckle | fleck |

As nouns the difference between speckle and fleck

is that speckle is a small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage while fleck is a flake.

As verbs the difference between speckle and fleck

is that speckle is to mark with speckles while fleck is to mark with small spots.

As a proper noun Fleck is

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speckle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
  • (physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.

    • Derived terms

    * speckled * speckly

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To mark with .

    • 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.