The difference between Dot and Period
When used as nouns, dot means a small spot, whereas period means a length of time.
When used as verbs, dot means to cover with small spots (of some liquid), whereas period means to come to a period.
Dot is also preposition with the meaning: dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.
Period is also interjection with the meaning: that's final.
Period is also adjective with the meaning: designating anything from a given historical era.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dot and Period
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Dot as a noun:
A small spot.
Examples:
"a dot of colour"
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Dot as a noun (grammar):
A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
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Dot as a noun:
A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
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Dot as a noun (mathematics):
A 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.
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Dot as a noun:
One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
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Dot as a noun (obsolete):
A lump or clot.
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Dot as a noun:
Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
Examples:
"a dot of a child"
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Dot as a noun (cricket, informal):
A dot ball.
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Dot as a noun (MLE):
buckshot, projectile of a dotty
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Dot as a verb (transitive):
To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
Examples:
"His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint."
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Dot as a verb (transitive):
To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
Examples:
"'Dot your ''i''s and cross your ''t''s."
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Dot as a verb:
To mark by means of dots or small spots.
Examples:
"to dot a line"
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Dot as a verb:
To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
Examples:
"to dot a landscape with cottages"
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Dot as a verb (colloquial):
To punch (a person).
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Dot as a preposition:
Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.
Examples:
"The [[work]] is equal to F dot Δx."
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Dot as a noun (US, Louisiana):
A dowry.
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Period as a noun:
A length of time.
Examples:
"There was a period of confusion following the announcement."
"You'll be on probation for a six-month period."
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Period as a noun:
A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
Examples:
"Food rationing continued in the post-war period."
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Period as a noun (now, chiefly, North America):
The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
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Period as a noun:
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.
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Period as a noun:
Female menstruation.
Examples:
"When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming."
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Period as a noun:
A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
Examples:
"This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period."
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Period as a noun:
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
Examples:
"I have math class in second period."
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Period as a noun (chiefly, North America):
Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
Examples:
"Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period."
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Period as a noun (obsolete, medicine):
The length of time for a disease to run its course.
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Period as a noun:
An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
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Period as a noun (rhetoric):
A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
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Period as a noun (obsolete):
A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
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Period as a noun (chemistry):
A row in the periodic table of the elements.
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Period as a noun (geology):
A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.
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Period as a noun (genetics):
A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
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Period as a noun (music):
Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
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Period as a noun (math):
The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
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Period as a noun (archaic):
End point, conclusion.
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Period as an adjective:
Designating anything from a given historical era.
Examples:
"a period car"
"a period TV commercial"
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Period as an adjective:
Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
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Period as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To come to a period; to conclude.
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Period as a verb (obsolete, transitive, rare):
To put an end to.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"