Spotting vs. Period
Difference Between Spotting and Period
Spottingnoun
A mark on a surface differing sharply in color from its surroundings.
Periodnoun
An interval of time characterized by the occurrence of a certain condition, event, or phenomenon
a period of economic prosperity.Spottingnoun
A blemish, mark, or pimple on the skin.
Periodnoun
An interval of time characterized by the prevalence of a specified culture, ideology, or technology
artifacts of the pre-Columbian period.Spottingnoun
A stain or blot.
Periodnoun
An interval regarded as a distinct evolutionary or developmental phase
Picasso's early career is divided into his blue period and rose period.Spottingnoun
A mark or pip on a playing card; a spade, club, diamond, or heart.
Periodnoun
(Geology) A unit of time, longer than an epoch and shorter than an era.
Spottingnoun
A playing card with a specified number of such marks on it indicating its value.
Periodnoun
Any of the divisions of the academic day.
Spottingnoun
(Informal) A piece of paper money worth a specified number of dollars
a five spot.Periodnoun
Sports & Games A division of the playing time of a game.
Spottingnoun
A small area
a bald spot.an itchy spot.Periodnoun
Physics & Astronomy The time interval between two successive occurrences of a recurrent event or phases of an event; a cycle
the period of a satellite's orbit.Spottingnoun
A location or position
a good spot for catching fish.Periodnoun
See menstrual period.
Spottingnoun
A point of interest
There are a lot of spots to visit in the old city.Periodnoun
A point or portion of time at which something is ended; a completion or conclusion.
Spottingnoun
A position or an item in an ordered arrangement
the first spot in line.Periodnoun
A punctuation mark ( . ) indicating a full stop, placed at the end of declarative sentences and other statements thought to be complete, and after many abbreviations.
Spottingnoun
(Football) The position of the ball for the line of scrimmage as determined by a referee after a play.
Periodnoun
The full pause at the end of a spoken sentence.
Spottingnoun
(Informal) A situation, especially a troublesome one.
Periodnoun
A sentence of several carefully balanced clauses in formal writing.
Spottingnoun
A flaw in one's reputation or character
a dark spot in his past.Periodnoun
A metrical unit of quantitative verse consisting of two or more cola.
Spottingnoun
A short presentation or commercial on television or radio between major programs
a news spot.Periodnoun
An analogous unit or division of classical Greek or Latin prose.
Spottingnoun
(Informal) A spotlight.
Periodnoun
(Music) A group of two or more phrases within a composition, often made up of 8 or 16 measures and terminating with a cadence.
Spottingnoun
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.
Periodnoun
The least interval in the range of the independent variable of a periodic function of a real variable in which all possible values of the dependent variable are assumed.
Spottingnoun
Chiefly British A small amount; a bit
a spot of tea.Periodnoun
A group of digits separated by commas in a written number.
Spottingverb
To soil with spots
Soot spotted the curtains.Periodnoun
The number of digits that repeat in a repeating decimal. For example, 1/7 = 0.142857142857 ... has a six-digit period.
Spottingverb
To decorate with spots; dot.
Periodnoun
(Chemistry) A sequence of elements arranged in order of increasing atomic number and forming one of the horizontal rows in the periodic table.
Spottingverb
To bring disgrace to; besmirch
rumors that spotted his reputation.Periodadjective
Of, belonging to, or representing a certain historical age or time
a period piece.period furniture.Spottingverb
To place in a particular location; situate precisely
spotted their stores in smaller towns.Periodinterjunction
Used to emphasize finality, as when expressing a decision or an opinion
You're not going to the movies tonight, period!.Spottingverb
(Football) To position (the ball) determining the line of scrimmage after a play has been completed.
Periodnoun
A length of time.
There was a period of confusion following the announcement.You'll be on probation for a six-month period.Spottingverb
To detect or discern, especially visually; spy
spotted him on the subway.Periodnoun
A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
Food rationing continued in the post-war period.Spottingverb
To remove spots from, as in a laundry.
Periodnoun
The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
Spottingverb
(Sports) To yield a favorable scoring margin to
spotted their opponents 11 points.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.
Spottingverb
(Sports) To act as a spotter for (a gymnast, for example).
Periodnoun
Female menstruation.
When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.Spottingverb
(Informal) To lend
Can you spot me $25 until payday?.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.Spottingverb
To become marked with spots
These dishes spot easily.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.Spottingverb
To cause a discoloration or make a stain.
Periodnoun
Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.Spottingverb
To locate targets from the air during combat or training missions.
Periodnoun
The length of time for a disease to run its course.
Spottingadjective
Made, paid, or delivered immediately
a spot sale.Periodnoun
An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
Spottingadjective
Of, relating to, or being a market in which payment or delivery is immediate
the spot market in oil.Periodnoun
(rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
Spottingadjective
Involving random or selective instances or actions
a spot investigation.Periodnoun
(obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
Spottingadjective
Presented between major radio or television programs
a spot announcement.Periodnoun
(chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
Spottingnoun
A spotted pattern.
Periodnoun
(geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.
Spottingnoun
The act of spotting or sighting something.
Periodnoun
(genetics) A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
Spottingnoun
the act of spotting or staining something
Periodnoun
(music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
Spottingnoun
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
Periodnoun
(math) The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
Periodnoun
(archaic) End point, conclusion.
Periodadjective
Designating anything from a given historical era.
a period cara period TV commercialPeriodadjective
Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
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!Periodverb
To come to a period; to conclude.
Periodverb
To put an end to.
Periodnoun
an amount of time;
a time period of 30 yearshastened the period of time of his recoveryPicasso's blue periodPeriodnoun
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 periodPeriodnoun
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 femalesPeriodnoun
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 stopPeriodnoun
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed;
ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periodsPeriodnoun
the end or completion of something;
death put a period to his endeavorsa change soon put a period to my tranquility
