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Mar vs Indentation - What's the difference?

mar | indentation | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between mar and indentation

is that mar is a small lake while indentation is the act of indenting or state of being indented.

As a verb mar

is to spoil, to damage.

As a proper noun Mar

is alternative form of Mar.|lang=en.

mar

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Verb

(marr)
  • To spoil, to damage.
  • * Dryden
  • But mirth is marred , and the good cheer is lost.
  • * Milton
  • Ire, envy, and despair / Which marred all his borrowed visage.

    Etymology 2

    See (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small lake.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l) * (l) * (l), (l), (l) * (l) ----

    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.