Marked vs Eminent - 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)
(archaic) high, lofty; towering; prominent.
noteworthy, remarkable, great
of a person, distinguished, important, noteworthy
Marked is a related term of eminent.
As adjectives the difference between marked and eminent
is that marked is while eminent is eminent; distinguished; noteworthy.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 ----eminent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His eminent good sense has been a godsend to this project.
- In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.