sprinkle vs dot

sprinkle and dot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sprinkle	Yes	No	Yes	No
dot	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dot is a hypernym of sprinkle; that is, dot is a word with a broader meaning than sprinkle:

Other hypernyms of sprinkle include disperse, dust, scatter, sprinkle.

As verbs, sprinkle and dot are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of sprinkle include disperse, dust, scatter.

sprinkle (noun)	dot (noun)
the act of sprinkling or splashing water	street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby	the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
	a very small circular shape

sprinkle (verb)	dot (verb)
scatter with liquid; wet lightly	mark with a dot
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force	make a dot or dots
distribute loosely	distribute loosely
rain gently	scatter or intersperse like dots or studs