Difference between Fleck and Bit

What is the difference between Fleck and Bit?

Fleck as a noun is a flake while Bit as a noun is a piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.

Fleck

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A flake A lock, as of wool. A small spot or streak; a speckle.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To mark with small spots

Bit

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to make holes.An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents.A coin of a specified value.A small amount of something.Specifically, a small amount of time.A portion of something.A prison sentence.An excerpt of material from a stand-up comedian's repertoire.A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.

Example sentence: I do quite naughty things now. I do like to be a bit sexy.

We hope you now know whether to use Fleck or Bit in your sentence.

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