Marked vs Pointed - What's the difference?
marked | pointed |
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)
(point)
(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
(not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
(comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
* 1863 February 21, “
* 2013 June 18, , "
* 1910 September 3, “
As adjectives the difference between marked and pointed
is that marked is having a visible or identifying mark while pointed is sharp, barbed; not dull.As verbs the difference between marked and pointed
is that marked is past tense of mark while pointed is past tense of point.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 ----pointed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- The warrior brandished a pointed spear.
- The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.
Important from Washington”, in The New York Times :
- Attention has been called to the report in a New-York paper, which has been made the subject of pointed comment
Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.
Taft Is Not Pleased by Roosevelt Plan”, in The New York Times :
- President Taft to-day had a pointed comment for the "new nationalism" that his predecessor has been launching in the West.
