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Indentation vs Dell - What's the difference?

indentation | dell |

As a noun indentation

is the act of indenting or state of being indented.

As a proper noun dell is

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indentation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of indenting or state of being indented.
  • A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
  • A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
  • The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
  • A measure of the distance from the flush line; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
  • dell

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • valley
  • * 1794, , lines 49-50
  • To this day they dwell
    In a lonely dell .
  • * Tickell
  • In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.
  • (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • Sweet doxies and dells .

    Synonyms

    * dale * dingle * vale * valley * See also