Earmarked vs Earmark - What's the difference?
earmarked | earmark |
(earmark)
To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
(by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose.
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
* Burrow
To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
(by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose.
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
* Burrow
As verbs the difference between earmarked and earmark
is that earmarked is (earmark) while earmark is to mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.As a noun earmark is
a mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.earmarked
English
Verb
(head)earmark
English
(wikipedia earmark)Verb
(en verb)- You can donate to the organization as a whole, or you can earmark your contribution for a particular project.
Noun
(en noun)- Money is said to have no earmark .
- A set of intellectual ideas have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor.
Coordinate terms
* (US politics) phonemarkReferences
* http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?earmarkSee also
* expenditure * porkbarrelearmark
English
(wikipedia earmark)Verb
(en verb)- You can donate to the organization as a whole, or you can earmark your contribution for a particular project.
Noun
(en noun)- Money is said to have no earmark .
- A set of intellectual ideas have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor.