speck vs maculation

speck and maculation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
speck	Yes	No	Yes	No
maculation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, maculation is a hypernym of speck; that is, maculation is a word with a broader meaning than speck:

Other hypernyms of speck include dapple, fleck, patch, speckle, spot.

speck (noun)	maculation (noun)
a very small spot	the act of spotting or staining something
a slight but appreciable amount	a small contrasting part of something
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

speck (verb)	maculation (verb)
produce specks in or on