Spot vs. Blemish — What's the Difference?

A small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it

A small mark that makes the appearance of something less attractive.

A particular place or point

An imperfection that mars or impairs; a flaw.

A small amount of something

To cause to have a small mark or marks that diminish attractiveness

Denoting a system of trading in which commodities or currencies are delivered and paid for immediately after a sale

To mar or impair by a flaw

Short for spotlight

A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.

A board for working plaster before application.

A moral defect; a character flaw.

A banknote of a specified value

To spoil the appearance of.

See, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or that one is searching for

To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.

Mark or become marked with spots

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

Rain slightly

To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.

Place (a ball) on its designated starting point on a billiard table.

Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation.

Give or lend (money) to (someone)

A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body);

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

Mar or spoil the appearance of;

A blemish, mark, or pimple on the skin.

Mar or impair with a flaw;

A stain or blot.

Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

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

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

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

A small area

A location or position

A point of interest

A position or an item in an ordered arrangement

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

(Informal) A situation, especially a troublesome one.

A flaw in one's reputation or character

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

(Informal) A spotlight.

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.

Chiefly British A small amount; a bit

To soil with spots

To decorate with spots; dot.

To bring disgrace to; besmirch

To place in a particular location; situate precisely

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

To detect or discern, especially visually; spy

To remove spots from, as in a laundry.

(Sports) To yield a favorable scoring margin to

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

(Informal) To lend

To become marked with spots

To cause a discoloration or make a stain.

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

Made, paid, or delivered immediately

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

Involving random or selective instances or actions

Presented between major radio or television programs

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

A stain or disfiguring mark.

A pimple, papule or pustule.

A small, unspecified amount or quantity.

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

A location or area.

A parking space.

(sports) An official determination of placement.

A bright lamp; a spotlight.

A brief advertisement or program segment on television.

A difficult situation.

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

(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;