Difference between Point and Dot

What is the difference between Point and Dot?

Point as a verb is to extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it. while Dot as a verb is to cover with small spots (of some liquid).

Point

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it. To draw attention to something or indicate a direction. To repair mortar. To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction To repair by removing and replacing loose mortar. To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory. To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A discrete divison of something. # An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality. #: The Congress debated the finer points of the bill. # A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. #: There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up. #: At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda. # Condition, state. #:She was not feeling in good point. # A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition, a focus of conversation or consideration. #:I made the point that we all had an interest to protect. # The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit. #*1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii: #*:full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point. # A tiny amount of time; a moment. # A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. #: We should meet at a pre-arranged point. # A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. # A purpose or objective. #: Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion. # A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark. # A distinguishing quality or characteristic. #:Logic isn't my strong point. # Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark. #:The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light. # A tenth; formerly also a twelfth. #:Possession is nine points of the law. # Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc. # A unit of scoring in a game or competition. #: The one with the most points will win the game # A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud). #: 10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half) # A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares. # a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). # An electric power socket. A sharp extremity. # The sharp tip of an object. #: Cut the skin with the point of the knife. # Any projecting extremity of an object. # An object which has a sharp or tapering tip. #:His cowboy belt was studded with points. # Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. # A peninsula or promontory. # The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force. #* 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7432-3011-6, [http://books.google.com/books?id=j16Lsej_q-YC&pg=PA189&dq=point page 189]: #*: Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands. # Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction. # A railroad switch. # An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking. #: The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable. # A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.

Example sentence: If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

Dot

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cover with small spots (of some liquid).To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small spot.A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.A diacritic mark which may combined with letters in Central European languages such as VietnameseA symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.One of the two symbols used in Morse code.A lump or clot

Example sentence: I'd wake up at 4 A.M. every day, and reach the studios on the dot at 9.

We hope you now know whether to use Point or Dot in your sentence.

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