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Speckle vs Stain - What's the difference?

speckle | stain |

As nouns the difference between speckle and stain

is that speckle is a small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage while stain is a discoloured spot or area.

As verbs the difference between speckle and stain

is that speckle is to mark with speckles while stain is to discolour something.

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 .
  • stain

    English

    (wikipedia stain)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A discoloured spot or area.
  • A blemish on one's character or reputation.
  • A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
  • A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) * Giemsa stain * Leishman stain * Romanowsky stain * Wright-Giemse stain * Wright's stain

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To discolour something
  • to stain the hand with dye
    armour stained with blood
  • To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
  • * Milton
  • Of honour void, / Of innocence, of faith, of purity, / Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained .
  • To coat a surface with a stain
  • to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.
    the stained glass used for church windows
  • To treat a microscope specimen with a dye
  • To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • She stains the ripest virgins of her age.
  • * Spenser
  • that did all other beasts in beauty stain

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