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Bookmark vs Classified - What's the difference?

bookmark | classified |

As nouns the difference between bookmark and classified

is that bookmark is a strip of material used to mark a place in a book while classified is (informal) a classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.

As verbs the difference between bookmark and classified

is that bookmark is (computing|transitive) to create a bookmark while classified is (classify).

As an adjective classified is

formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in english) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.

bookmark

Noun

(en noun)
  • A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
  • (computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page serving as a shortcut to it.
  • (databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To create a bookmark.
  • Derived terms

    * unbookmarked

    classified

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (classify)
  • Make sure all the field observations are classified by species.

    Adjective

    (classified information) (en adjective)
  • Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
  • We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information.
  • Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.
  • I won't say who I'm going to the prom with; that's classified .

    Etymology 2

    (Classified advertising) From , by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.
  • He ran a classified for the tools he wanted to sell.