| NOUN | attribute | maculation, spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck | a small contrasting part of something |
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| act | maculation, staining, spotting | the act of spotting or staining something |
| Meaning | A small contrasting part of something. | |
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| Synonyms | spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | The act of spotting or staining something. | |
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| Synonyms | staining, spotting | |
| Broader | soiling, soilure, dirtying | The act of soiling something |
| Spanish | tinción | |
| Catalan | maculació, tacada | |
| Verbs | maculate | spot, stain, or pollute |
| maculate | make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air | |
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