What's the difference between cuspidor and spittoon?

Cuspidor

Definition:

(n.) Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.

Example Sentences:

(1) 10) constant contaminations on the patients' head- and armrests, the operating lamp, cuspidor-bowl and hand-wash-basin.

Definition:

Example Sentences:

(1) Inside, Suge is propped up on a mattress on the floor watching soap operas, an overflowing spittoon at his side.
(2) The stuff that sells at auction and that has collectors salivating into their silver spittoons invariably comes from Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône Valley or, at a pinch, the Loire or Champagne.
(3) Suge is crying, spitting tears into the spittoon, moved by his father's accusation that he never prayed enough before the accident.
(4) The two men were seated on a heavy black-wood sofa, beside an aluminium spittoon.
(5) Mr Griffin is the bankrupt leader of a bankrupt movement, while the BNP is a political spittoon.