Marked vs Celebrated - What's the difference?
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Having a visible or identifying mark.
# Of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
(linguistics) Of a word, form, or phoneme: distinguished by a positive feature.
singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
(mark)
famous or widely praised for good works
(celebrate)
As adjectives the difference between marked and celebrated
is that marked is having a visible or identifying mark while celebrated is famous or widely praised for good works.As verbs the difference between marked and celebrated
is that marked is past tense of mark while celebrated is past tense of celebrate.marked
English
Etymology 1
From (mark) (noun)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.
- e.g. in author'' and ''authoress , the latter is marked for its gender by a suffix.
- 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)Anagrams
* English heteronyms ----celebrated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She became a celebrated actress, but never won any major awards.
