fleck vs splotch

fleck and splotch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fleck	Yes	No	Yes	No
splotch	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, splotch is a hyponym of fleck; that is, splotch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fleck:

Other hyponyms of fleck include defile, maculate, stain, sully, tarnish, bespeckle, speckle, bespatter, spatter.

fleck (noun)	splotch (noun)
a small contrasting part of something	an irregularly shaped spot
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

fleck (verb)	splotch (verb)
make a spot or mark onto	blotch or spot