Difference between Cloud and Dapple

What is the difference between Cloud and Dapple?

Cloud as a verb is to become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight. while Dapple as a verb is to mark or become marked with mottling or spots.

Cloud

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight. To make obscure (e.g. to cloud the issue).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy. A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying. An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud. The Internet, regarded as an amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.

Example sentence: I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

Dapple

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A mottled marking, usually in clusters.An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.

We hope you now know whether to use Cloud or Dapple in your sentence.

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