Margin vs Side - What's the difference?
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(typography) The edge of the paper that remains blank.
The edge or border of any flat surface.
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(figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group.
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A difference between results, characteristics, scores.
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A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
(finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.
A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
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A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
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One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
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One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
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One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
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One set of competitors in a game.
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A sports team.
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A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
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*:We have not always been of thesame side in politics.
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*:sets the passions on the side of truth
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A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (lb).
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A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
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A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
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To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
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To lean on one side.
(obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
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(obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
(shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
To furnish with a siding.
Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
* Dryden
Indirect; oblique; incidental.
* Hooker
Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
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(Scotland) Far; distant.
Margin is a related term of side.
As a noun margin
is (typography) the edge of the paper that remains blank.As a verb margin
is to add a to.As a proper noun side is
an ancient city on a small peninsula on the mediterranean coast of anatolia, settled by greeks from cyme.margin
English
(wikipedia margin)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.}}
- The lobule margins , furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
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- As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.
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- margin of error
Derived terms
* extensive margin * intensive margin * gross margin * margin call * margin of error * safety marginExternal links
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* *side
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) side, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side , and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Valencia 1-1 Chelsea, passage=It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.}}
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Synonyms
* (bounding straight edge of an object) edge * (flat surface of an object) face * (left or right half) half * (surface of a sheet of paper) page * (region in a specified position with respect to something) * (one possible aspect of a concept) * (set of opponents in a game) team * (group having a particular allegiance in a war) * (television channel) channel, station (US)Derived terms
* * aside * countryside * driverside * five-a-side * guide on the side * hillside * inside * mountainside * offside * other side * outside * quayside * riverside * roadside * seaside * sideband * sideboard * sideburn, sideburns * side by side * sidecar * side dish * side effect * side issue * sidekick * sidelight * sideline * sidelong * side on * side-saddle, sidesaddle * side scroller * side-splitting * side street * sideswipe * sidetrack * sidewalk * sidewall * sideways * sidewinder * split one's sides * take sides * topside * underside * upsideVerb
(sid)- Which will you side with , good or evil?
- All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
- All side in parties, and begin the attack.
- How does it feel... to... side in with those who voted against you in 1947?
- (Francis Bacon)
- His blind eye that sided Paridell.
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- to side a house
Synonyms
* (ally oneself) * take sideDerived terms
* side with * sidingSee also
* ally * alliance * join inStatistics
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) side, syde, syd, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.
- a side''' issue; a '''side view or remark
- The law hath no side respect to their persons.
- His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.
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