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Lined vs Marked - What's the difference?

lined | marked |

As adjectives the difference between lined and marked

is that lined is having a lining, an inner layer or covering while marked is having a visible or identifying mark.

As verbs the difference between lined and marked

is that lined is past tense of line while marked is past tense of mark.

lined

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a lining, an inner layer or covering.
    • Fred liked fully lined trousers with his suits.
  • (of paper) Having lines, ruled.
    • For handwritten work Fred preferred lined paper to plain.
  • (of skin) Having visible lines or wrinkles.
  • :* 1859 , , Book I, ch 4
  • :*: He had a healthy colour in his cheeks, and his face, though lined , bore few traces of anxiety.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (line)

    • Anagrams

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    marked

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (mark) (noun)

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a visible or identifying mark.
  • # Of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
  • Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
    • The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.
  • (linguistics) Of a word, form, or phoneme: distinguished by a positive feature.
    • e.g. in author'' and ''authoress , the latter is marked for its gender by a suffix.
  • singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
    • A marked man.
    Usage notes
    * This adjectival sense of this word is sometimes written , rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This usage is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective’s disyllabicity be made explicit.

    Etymology 2

    See (mark) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mark)

    • Anagrams

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