different between kaleidoscopic vs speckled

English

From kaleidoscope +? -ic.

kaleidoscopic (comparative more kaleidoscopic, superlative most kaleidoscopic)

Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.
(figuratively) Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
- December 8 2020, David Barnett, "How John Lennon was made into a myth[1]" in BBC Online
  Like scholars picking over the childhood of Buddha, we want to understand how Lennon became the man he did, but there’s also a purity to this portrayal because it presents Lennon before the prism of fame split him into his kaleidoscopic multitude of facets that allowed artists to imprint their own ideas of what John Lennon was or should have been.

speckled (comparative more speckled, superlative most speckled)

Marked with dots or spots, spotted.
The bird's eggs were speckled as camouflage.
Sporadically and irregularly marked.

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