Demarcate vs Barricade - What's the difference?
demarcate | barricade |
To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.
* {{quote-book
, year=1907
, author=George Curzon
, title=
, passage=Small Committees of officials are frequently appointed in advance to consider the geographical, topographical, and ethnological evidence that is forthcoming, and to construct a tentative line for their respective Governments; this, after much debate, is embodied in a treaty, which provides for the appointment of Commissioners to demarcate the line upon the spot and submit it for ratification by the principals.}}
To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
* Derham
(figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
As verbs the difference between demarcate and barricade
is that demarcate is to mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit while barricade is to close or block a road etc., using a barricade.As a noun barricade is
a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence.demarcate
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Verb
(demarcat)Synonyms
* (to mark the limits or boundaries) (l), (l), (l)External links
* *Anagrams
* ----barricade
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Noun
(en noun)- Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.