Spot vs. Dot

A mark on a surface differing sharply in color from its surroundings.

A tiny round mark made by or as if by a pointed instrument; a spot.

A blemish, mark, or pimple on the skin.

Such a mark used in orthography, as above an i.

A stain or blot.

The basic unit of composition for an image produced by a device that prints text or graphics on paper

A mark or pip on a playing card; a spade, club, diamond, or heart.

A tiny amount.

A playing card with a specified number of such marks on it indicating its value.

In Morse and similar codes, the short sound or signal used in combination with the dash and silent intervals to represent letters, numbers, or punctuation.

(Informal) A piece of paper money worth a specified number of dollars

A decimal point.

A small area

A symbol (·) indicating multiplication, as in 2 · 4 = 8.

A location or position

(Music) A mark after a note indicating an increase in time value by half.

A point of interest

(Computers) A period, as used as in URLs and email addresses, to separate strings of words, as in www.hmhco.com.

A position or an item in an ordered arrangement

A woman's marriage portion; a dowry.

(Football) The position of the ball for the line of scrimmage as determined by a referee after a play.

To mark with a dot.

(Informal) A situation, especially a troublesome one.

To form or make with dots.

A flaw in one's reputation or character

To cover with or as if with dots

A short presentation or commercial on television or radio between major programs

To make a dot.

(Informal) A spotlight.

A small, round spot.

Pl. spot or spots A small croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus) of North American Atlantic waters, having a dark mark above each pectoral fin and valued as a food and game fish.

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

Chiefly British A small amount; a bit

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

To soil with spots

(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.

To decorate with spots; dot.

One of the two symbols used in Morse code.

To bring disgrace to; besmirch

(obsolete) A lump or clot.

To place in a particular location; situate precisely

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

(Football) To position (the ball) determining the line of scrimmage after a play has been completed.

A dot ball.

To detect or discern, especially visually; spy

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

To remove spots from, as in a laundry.

(MLE) dotty

(Sports) To yield a favorable scoring margin to

A dowry.

(Sports) To act as a spotter for (a gymnast, for example).

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

(Informal) To lend

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

To become marked with spots

To mark by means of dots or small spots.

To cause a discoloration or make a stain.

To mark or diversify with small detached objects.

To locate targets from the air during combat or training missions.

(colloquial) To punch (a person).

Made, paid, or delivered immediately

Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

Of, relating to, or being a market in which payment or delivery is immediate

A marriage portion; dowry.

Involving random or selective instances or actions

A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.

Presented between major radio or television programs

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.

A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.

A stain or disfiguring mark.

To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.

A pimple, papule or pustule.

To make dots or specks.

A small, unspecified amount or quantity.

The United States Department of Transportation.

A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.

A very small circular shape;

A location or area.

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

A parking space.

The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

(sports) An official determination of placement.

Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

A bright lamp; a spotlight.

Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs;

A brief advertisement or program segment on television.

Distribute loosely;

A difficult situation.

Make a dot or dots

One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.

Mark with a dot;

(soccer) Penalty spot.

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 (Leiostomus 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 novern=1 (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.

Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

An autosoliton.

(finance) A decimal point; point.

Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.

Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

(transitive) 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.

To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.

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.

To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.

To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.

To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.

To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.

Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.

A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.

A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.

A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.

A sciænoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.

Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.

To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.

To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.

To become stained with spots.

Lit., being on the spot, or place;

A point located with respect to surface features of some region;

A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising

A blemish made by dirt;

A small contrasting part of something;

A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance;

An outstanding characteristic;

A business establishment for entertainment;

A job in an organization;

A slight attack of illness;

A small quantity;

A mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer

A playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value;

An act that brings discredit to the person who does it;

Catch sight of

Mar or impair with a flaw;

Make a spot or mark onto;

Become spotted;

Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition;