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Speckle vs Mot - What's the difference?

speckle | mot |

As a noun speckle

is a small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.

As a verb speckle

is to mark with.

As a preposition mot is

with.

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 .

    • mot

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mot. Compare motto.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
  • * N. Brit. Rev.
    • Here and there turns up a savage mot .
  • * 1970 , John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse , New York 2007, p. 32:
    • ‘He comes from Montreal, in Canada.’ ‘Why?’ she said, repeating Dr Johnson's mot with a forced sneer.
  • (obsolete) A word or a motto; a device.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.
  • (obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (slang, Irish English) A girl, woman or girlfriend, particularly in the Dublin area.
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