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Marred vs Marked - What's the difference?

marred | marked |

As adjectives the difference between marred and marked

is that marred is of a person, to be perplexed or troubled while marked is having a visible or identifying mark.

As verbs the difference between marred and marked

is that marred is past tense of mar while marked is past tense of mark.

marred

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of a person, to be perplexed or troubled
  • (Northern England) Of a child, to be spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged

    • Related terms

    * mard * mardy * marredness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mar)

    • marked

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (mark) (noun)

    Alternative forms

    *

    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)

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