Patch and Streak

Patch

Patch noun - A very small piece.

Usage example: a patch of land hardly big enough for a garden

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Streak and patch are semantically related in band topic. In some cases you can use "Streak" instead a noun "Patch", when it comes to topics like blotch.

Nearby Words: patchwork, patched, patching

Streak

Streak noun - A very small amount.

Usage example: there's just a streak of stubbornness in that child

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Patch and streak are semantically related (British) in band topic. Sometimes you can use "Patch" instead a noun "Streak". informal substitute

Nearby Words: streaked, streaky, streaking, streaker

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current	current patch	current streak
single	single patch	single streak
obvious	obvious patch	obvious streak
strong	strong patch	strong streak
Other adjectives: large, big, huge, little, bad, black, dark, white, major, yellow, grey, occasional, pink, recent, blonde.

Both words in one sentence

Truth in Television with a rare occurrence called Poliosis (otherwise known as a "Mallen streak"), where it tends to manifest with a streak or patch being lighter colored than the rest of the hair.

Source: Skunk Stripe
True to canon, Ryuuko in Kill la Kill AU has a red streak (or patch, depending on her hairstyle at the time) of red in her otherwise black hair.

Source: Skunk Stripe
Kill Streak: An unofficial patch to the base mod adds these when using the Ballistic Loadout mutator - make a certain number of kills without dying, and you can press a button to give yourself a new weapon.

Source: Video Game / Ballistic Weapons

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