View vs Spot - What's the difference?
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(label) Visual perception.
# The act of seeing or looking at something.
#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
#* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
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# The range of vision.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
# Something to look at, such as scenery.
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# (label) Appearance; show; aspect.
#* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)
A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
(label) Opinion, judgement, imagination.
# A mental image.
#* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
# A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
#* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
# A point of view.
# An intention or prospect.
#* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with; a user interface.
A wake. (rfex)
To look at.
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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.
* Milton
* Wordsworth
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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.
* Sir Philip Sidney
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To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
In transitive terms the difference between view and spot
is that view is to show while spot is to see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.As a proper noun Spot is
a popular given name for a dog.view
English
Noun
(en noun)- Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view .
- Objects near our view are thought greater than those of a larger size are more remote.
- The walls of Pluto's palace are in view .
- 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view .
- [Graces] which, by the splendor of her view / Dazzled, before we never knew.
- I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.
- to give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty
- No man sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason.
Antonyms
* (part of computer program) model, controllerDerived terms
* angle of view * bankruptcy view * bird's-eye view * by-view * clear view screen * counterview * exploded view * field of view * in full view * in view of * out of view * page view * pay-per-view * point of view * rear-view * viewable * view angle * view camera * viewfinder/view finder * viewgraph * viewless * viewpoint * viewy * worldview/world-view/world view * worm's-eye view/worm's eye viewVerb
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Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* preview * review * viewer * viewingSee also
* see * look * voyeurStatistics
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English
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.