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Docket vs Earmark - What's the difference?

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Docket is a related term of earmark.


In lang=en terms the difference between docket and earmark

is that docket is to enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial while earmark is to mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.

As nouns the difference between docket and earmark

is that docket is (obsolete) a summary; a brief digest while earmark is a mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.

As verbs the difference between docket and earmark

is that docket is to make an entry in a docket while earmark is to mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.

docket

English

(wikipedia docket)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A summary; a brief digest.
  • (legal) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
  • (legal) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
  • An agenda of things to be done.
  • A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
  • See also

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make an entry in a docket.
  • To label a parcel etc.
  • to docket goods
  • To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
  • to docket letters and papers
    (Chesterfield)
  • To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
  • judgments regularly docketed
  • To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
  • (Webster 1913)

    earmark

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
  • (by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose.
  • You can donate to the organization as a whole, or you can earmark your contribution for a particular project.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.
  • (US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.
  • A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
  • * Wharton
  • Money is said to have no earmark .
  • * Burrow
  • A set of intellectual ideas have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor.

    Coordinate terms

    * (US politics) phonemark

    References

    * http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?earmark

    See also

    * expenditure * porkbarrel