Dot vs. Period

Dot vs. Period — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Dot and Period

Dotnoun

A small spot.

a dot of colour

Periodnoun

A length of time.

There was a period of confusion following the announcement.You'll be on probation for a six-month period.

Dotnoun

(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.

Periodnoun

A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.

Food rationing continued in the post-war period.

Dotnoun

A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.

Periodnoun

The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

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Dotnoun

(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.

Periodnoun

The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.

Dotnoun

One of the two symbols used in Morse code.

Periodnoun

Female menstruation.

When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.

Dotnoun

(obsolete) A lump or clot.

Periodnoun

A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.

This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.
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Dotnoun

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.

a dot of a child

Periodnoun

Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.

I have math class in second period.

Dotnoun

A dot ball.

Periodnoun

Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.

Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.

Dotnoun

(MLE) buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun

Periodnoun

The length of time for a disease to run its course.

Dotnoun

A dowry.

Periodnoun

An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.

Dotverb

(transitive) To cover with small spots (of some liquid).

His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.

Periodnoun

(rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.

Dotverb

(transitive) To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

Dot your is and cross your ts.

Periodnoun

(obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.

Dotverb

To mark by means of dots or small spots.

to dot a line

Periodnoun

(chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.

Dotverb

To mark or diversify with small detached objects.

to dot a landscape with cottages

Periodnoun

(geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.

Dotverb

(colloquial) To punch (a person).

Periodnoun

(genetics) A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.

Dotpreposition

Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

The work is equal to F dot Δx.

Periodnoun

(music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).

Dotnoun

a very small circular shape;

a row of pointsdraw lines between the dots

Periodnoun

(math) The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.

Dotnoun

the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

Periodnoun

(archaic) End point, conclusion.

Dotnoun

the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Periodadjective

Designating anything from a given historical era.

a period cara period TV commercial

Dotnoun

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Periodadjective

Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.

Dotverb

scatter or intersperse like dots or studs;

Hills constellated with lights

Periodinterjection

That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence).

I know you don't want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period!

Dotverb

distribute loosely;

He scattered gun powder under the wagon

Periodverb

To come to a period; to conclude.

Dotverb

make a dot or dots

Periodverb

To put an end to.

Dotverb

mark with a dot;

dot your `i's

Periodnoun

an amount of time;

a time period of 30 yearshastened the period of time of his recoveryPicasso's blue period

Periodnoun

one of three periods of play in hockey games

Periodnoun

a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time;

a novel from the Victorian period

Periodnoun

the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon

Periodnoun

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;

the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruationa woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stoppedthe semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females

Periodnoun

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;

in England they call a period a stop

Periodnoun

a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed;

ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods

Periodnoun

the end or completion of something;

death put a period to his endeavorsa change soon put a period to my tranquility