Spot vs State - 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.
A polity.
# Any sovereign polity; a government.
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, title= # A political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy, for example one of the fifty United States. See also Province.
# (obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy.
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# (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
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# (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
# (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
# (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
# (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
# (obsolete) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
High social standing or circumstance.
# Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
# Rank; condition; quality.
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# Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
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# A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
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# (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
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# (obsolete) Estate, possession.
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(mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
(lb) To declare to be a fact.
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To make known.
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Spot is a related term of state.
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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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Noun
(wikipedia state) (en noun)- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
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- Well monarchies may own religion's name, / But states are atheists in their very fame.
- Declare the past and present state of things.
- Thy honour, state , and seat is due to me.
- She instructed him how he should keep state , and yet with a modest sense of his misfortunes.
- Can this imperious lord forget to reign, / Quit all his state , descend, and serve again?
- His high throne,under state / Of richest texture spread.
- When he went to court, he used to kick away the state , and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.
- They who to States and Governours of the Commonwealth direct their Speech.
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- Your state , my lord, again is yours.