The difference between Place and Spot

When used as nouns, place means an open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard, whereas spot means a round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

When used as verbs, place means to put (an object or person) in a specific location, whereas spot means to see, find.

Spot is also adjective with the meaning: available on the spot.

check bellow for the other definitions of Place and Spot

  1. Place as a noun (physical):

    An area; somewhere within an area. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. A group of houses. An inhabited area: a village, town, or city. Any area of the earth: a region. The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit. The area where one lives: one's home, formerly country estates and farms. An area of the skin. An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.

    Examples:

    "They live at Westminster Place."

    "He is going back to his native place on vacation."

    "We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places."

    "Do you want to come over to my place later?"

  2. Place as a noun:

    A location or position in space.

  3. Place as a noun:

    A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.

  4. Place as a noun:

    A passage or extract from a book or document.

  5. Place as a noun:

    A topic.

  6. Place as a noun:

    A frame of mind.

    Examples:

    "I'm in a strange place at the moment."

  7. Place as a noun:

    A chess position; a square of the chessboard.

  8. Place as a noun (social):

    A responsibility or position in an organization. A role or purpose; a station. The position of a contestant in a competition. The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position. The position as a member of a sports team.

    Examples:

    "It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case."

    "We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place."

    "to win a bet on a horse for place"

    "He lost his place in the national team."

  9. Place as a noun:

    A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.

  10. Place as a noun:

    Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.

    Examples:

    "three decimal places;  the hundreds place'"

  11. Place as a noun:

    Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.

    Examples:

    "That's what I said in the first place!"

  12. Place as a noun:

    Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

  1. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To put (an object or person) in a specific location.

    Examples:

    "He placed the glass on the table."

  2. Place as a verb (intransitive):

    To earn a given spot in a competition. To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.

    Examples:

    "The Cowboys placed third in the league."

    "In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars."

  3. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.

    Examples:

    "I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where."

  4. Place as a verb (transitive, in the passive):

    To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.

    Examples:

    "Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race."

  5. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

  6. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To arrange for or to make (a bet).

    Examples:

    "I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls."

  7. Place as a verb (transitive):

    To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.

    Examples:

    "They phoned hoping to place her in the management team."

  8. Place as a verb (sports, transitive):

    To place-kick (a goal).

  1. Spot as a noun:

    A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

    Examples:

    "The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur."

  2. Spot as a noun:

    A stain or disfiguring mark.

    Examples:

    "I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out."

  3. Spot as a noun:

    A pimple, papule or pustule.

    Examples:

    "That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin."

    "I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots."

  4. Spot as a noun:

    A small, unspecified amount or quantity.

    Examples:

    "Would you like to come round on Sunday for a spot of lunch?"

  5. Spot as a noun (slang, US):

    A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.

    Examples:

    "Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots."

  6. Spot as a noun:

    A location or area.

    Examples:

    "I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside."

    "For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met."

  7. Spot as a noun:

    A parking space.

  8. Spot as a noun (sports):

    An official determination of placement.

    Examples:

    "The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball."

  9. Spot as a noun:

    A bright lamp; a spotlight.

  10. Spot as a noun (US, advertising):

    A brief advertisement or program segment on television.

    Examples:

    "Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?"

  11. Spot as a noun:

    Difficult situation; predicament.

    Examples:

    "She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date."

  12. Spot as a noun (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting):

    One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.

  13. Spot as a noun (soccer):

    Penalty spot.

  14. Spot as a noun:

    The act of spotting or noticing something.

    Examples:

    "- You've misspelled "terrapin" here."

    "- Whoops. Good spot."

  15. Spot as a noun:

    A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.

  16. Spot as a noun:

    A food fish () of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.

  17. Spot as a noun:

    The , or (), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.

  18. Spot as a noun (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated):

    Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.

  19. Spot as a noun:

    An autosoliton.

  20. Spot as a noun (finance):

    A decimal point; point.

    Examples:

    "Twelve spot two five pounds sterling.'' (ie. £12.25)"

  1. Spot as a verb (transitive):

    To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

    Examples:

    "Try to spot the differences between these two pictures."

  2. Spot as a verb (finance):

    To loan a small amount of money to someone.

    Examples:

    "I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch."

  3. Spot as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To stain; to leave a spot (on).

    Examples:

    "Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface."

    "a garment spotted with mould"

  4. Spot as a verb:

    To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.

    Examples:

    "I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti."

  5. Spot as a verb (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing):

    To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.

    Examples:

    "I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me."

  6. Spot as a verb (dance):

    To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.

    Examples:

    "Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do."

  7. Spot as a verb:

    To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.

  8. Spot as a verb:

    To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.

  9. Spot as a verb:

    To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.

    Examples:

    "The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot."

  1. Spot as an adjective (commerce):

    Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.

    Examples:

    "spot wheat; spot cash"

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