scale vs fleck

scale and fleck both are nouns.

scale and fleck both are verbs.

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

As nouns, fleck is a hypernym of scale; that is, fleck is a word with a broader meaning than scale:

scale: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
fleck: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

Other hypernyms of scale include bit, chip, flake, scrap.

scale (noun)	fleck (noun)
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals	a small contrasting part of something
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks	a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
relative magnitude
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
an ordered reference standard

scale (verb)	fleck (verb)
measure with or as if with scales	make a spot or mark onto
size or measure according to a scale
remove the scales from
pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
climb up by means of a ladder
reach the highest point of
take by attacking with scaling ladders
measure by or as if by a scale

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