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Swotty vs Spotty - What's the difference?

swotty | spotty |

As adjectives the difference between swotty and spotty

is that swotty is studious; being a swot while spotty is having spots; spotted.

As a noun spotty is

a common New Zealand fish, species: Notolabrus celidotus.

swotty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (British) studious; being a swot.

    • spotty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having spots; spotted.
  • Of inconsistent quality
    • Many of the buyers had a spotty credit history.

    Noun

    (spotties)
  • A common New Zealand fish,
    • I went fishing today and all I caught were spotties .

    Derived terms

    * spottiness English slang