| NOUN | attribute | dapple, spot, speckle, patch, fleck, maculation | a small contrasting part of something |
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| VERB | change | dapple, mottle, cloud | colour with streaks or blotches of different shades |
| Meaning | A small contrasting part of something. | |
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| Synonyms | spot, speckle, patch, fleck, maculation | |
| Narrower | facula, solar facula | A large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots |
| facula | A bright spot on a planet | |
| macule, macula | A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated | |
| nebula | (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea | |
| parhelion, mock sun, sundog | A bright spot on the parhelic circle | |
| plaque | (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body | |
| speck, pinpoint | A very small spot | |
| splash | A patch of bright color | |
| sunspot, macula | A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere | |
| worn spot, fret | A spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion | |
| Broader | marking | A pattern of marks |
| Spanish | mancha, mota | |
| Catalan | clapa, mota, placa, taca | |
| Verbs | dapple | colour with streaks or blotches of different shades |
| Meaning | colour with streaks or blotches of different shades. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mottle, cloud | |
| Narrower | harlequin | variegate with spots or marks |
| stipple, speckle | produce a mottled effect | |
| Broader | spot | mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition |
| Nouns | dapple | a small contrasting part of something |
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