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Badge vs Colophon - What's the difference?

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Badge is a related term of colophon.


As a verb badge

is .

As a noun colophon is

in manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.

badge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
    • the badge''' of a society; the '''badge of a policeman
  • * Prescott
    • Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges .
  • A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
  • A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
  • Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
  • * {{quote-book, year=158? or 159?, author=, title=Titus Andronicus, section=Act I, Scene 2
    • , passage=Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge .}}
  • A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
    • He has got his badge , and piked: He was burned in the hand, and is at liberty.
  • (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
  • (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.

    • Derived terms

    * badge bunny * badger

    Verb

    (badg)
  • To mark or distinguish with a badge.
    • ''The television was badged as 'GE', but wasn't made by them.
  • To show a badge to.
    • He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.
  • To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.
  • * (rfdate)
  • * 2003 , Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover , page 146:
    • And Patterson didn't hear that Jack Egger, the studio's director of security, said he'd seen John Orr badge his way through the pedestrian gate sometime before 4:00 pm, when the fire was still raging, [...]
  • * 2004 , Sergei Hoteko, On The Fringe Of History , page 135:
    • Our regional commissioner, his assistant commissioner and our district director, along with their wives, were hoofing it to the rotunda. Apparently they didn't try and badge their way through.
  • * 2006 , David Pollino, Bill Pennington, Tony Bradley, Himanshu Dwivedi, Hacker's challenge 3 (page 338)
    • Aaron badged into the data center and escorted Geoff inside the large room with its many blinking green lights.

    References

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    Anagrams

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    colophon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
  • A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust-jacket. It generally contains factual information about the book, especially about its production, and includes details about typographic style, the fonts used, the paper used, and perhaps the binding method of the book.
  • (Internet) A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used.
  • (obsolete) A finishing stroke or crowning touch.
  • * 1635 , John Swan, Speculum Mundi , page 427
    • He comes to the creation of man, and makes him the Colophon , or conclusion of all things else.

    See also

    * coronis * vignette

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