Spot vs Here - What's the difference?
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A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
A stain or disfiguring mark.
A pimple, papule or pustule.
A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
(slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
A location or area.
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A parking space.
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(sports) An official determination of placement.
A bright lamp; a spotlight.
(US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
Difficult situation; predicament
(gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter
(soccer) penalty spot
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The act of spotting or noticing something.
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
A food fish (Liostomus xanthurus ) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
(in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
An autosoliton.
To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify
(finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
(ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
(gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
(dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
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To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
(label) In, on, or at this place.
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(label) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.
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(label) In this context.
* 1872 May, (Edward Burnett Tylor), '', published in ''(Popular Science Monthly) , Volume 1,
* 1904 January 15, (William James), (The Chicago School)'', published in ''(Psychological Bulletin) , 1.1, pages 1-5,
At this point in the argument or narration.
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(abstract) This time, the present situation.
An army, host.
A hostile force.
(Anglo-Saxon) An invading army, either that of the enemy, or the national troops serving abroad. Compare (l).
An enemy, individual enemy.
As nouns the difference between spot and here
is that spot is while here is a time.spot
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Noun
(en noun)- The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
- I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.
- That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.
- I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots .
- Would you like to come round on Sunday for a spot of lunch?
- Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot''' and two five '''spots .
- I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.
- For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.
- That spot to which I point is Paradise.
- "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
- Yachvilli made it 6-0 with a second sweet strike from 45 metres after Matt Stevens was penalised for collapsing a scrum, and then slid another penalty just wide from the same spot .
- The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.
- Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?
- She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.
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- - You've misspelled "terrapin" here.
- ''- Whoops. Good spot .
Derived terms
* on the spot * put someone on the spot * sitspot * shot spot * spot check * spot color / spot colour * spot market * spot on * spot remover * spotty * X marks the spotVerb
(spott)- Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.
- I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.
- Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.
- a garment spotted with mould
- I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
- I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.
- Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.
- My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
- If ever I shall close these eyes but once, / May I live spotted for my perjury.
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(wikipedia here)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Adverb
(-)- Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,
- The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here' to help you. I’m not '''here''' to do anything for you. I’m just ' here to get information.”
- He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.
- The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here , may be briefly defined:
- The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here .
- Here , perhaps I ought to stop.
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Derived terms
* hereabout * hereafter * hereaway * hereby * herein * hereinabove * hereinafter * hereinbefore * hereinbelow * hereof * hereon * hereto * heretofore * hereunder * hereunto * hereupon * herewithNoun
(-)- An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
- Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.
