Difference between Dapple and Mottle

What is the difference between Dapple and Mottle?

Dapple as a verb is to mark or become marked with mottling or spots. while Mottle as a verb is to mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

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.

Mottle

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

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

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