Demarcation vs Barrier - What's the difference?
demarcation | barrier |
The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
Any strictly defined separation
A structure that bars passage.
An obstacle or impediment.
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A boundary or limit.
As nouns the difference between demarcation and barrier
is that demarcation is demarcation while barrier is a structure that bars passage.demarcation
English
(wikipedia demarcation)Alternative forms
* demarkationNoun
(en noun)- ''There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.
Derived terms
* (l) (back-formation) * (l)External links
* *barrier
English
(wikipedia barrier)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier . But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}