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Badge vs Hallmark - What's the difference?

badge | hallmark | Synonyms |

Badge is a synonym of hallmark.


As verbs the difference between badge and hallmark

is that badge is while hallmark is to provide or stamp with a hallmark.

As a noun hallmark is

a distinguishing characteristic.

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.

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    Anagrams

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    hallmark

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hallmark) (en noun)
  • A distinguishing characteristic.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Everton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Arsene Wenger's side showed little of the style and fluidity that is their hallmark but this was about digging deep and getting the job done, qualities they demonstrated and that will serve them well as the season reaches its climax.}}
  • An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
  • * 2007 . Zerzan, John. Silence .
    • It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide or stamp with a hallmark.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked .}}