What is the difference between marquee and march?
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(British, NZ) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
(US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
(US) By generalization, used for lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
(Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
(computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
A political rally or parade
Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see )
Steady forward movement or progression.
(euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
To cause someone to walk somewhere.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1967
, first = Barbara
, last = Sleigh
, authorlink = Barbara Sleigh
, title = (Jessamy)
, edition = 1993
, location = Sevenoaks, Kent
, publisher=Bloomsbury
, isbn = 0 340 19547 9
, page = 84
, url =
, passage = The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house.
}}
To go to war; to make military advances.
A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
* , Book V:
(label) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
The name for any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
* 1819 , (Lord Byron), , IV:
To have common borders or frontiers
(obsolete) Smallage.
Marquee is a related term of march.
As nouns the difference between marquee and march
is that marquee is {{context|british|nz|lang=en}} a large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment while march is a formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies or march can be {{context|now|_|archaic|historical|lang=en}} a border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.As a verb march is
to walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does or march can be {{context|intransitive|lang=en}} to have common borders or frontiers.marquee
English
(wikipedia marquee)Noun
(en noun)- Rectangular Marquee Tool
Synonyms
* (lights that turn on and off in sequence) chase lights, chaser lights * (computing) marching antsmarch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Akin to (etyl) mearc'', ''?emearc "mark, boundary".Noun
(es)- the march of time
Synonyms
* (steady forward movement or progression) process * (political rally) protest, parade, rally * (steady forward movement) advancement, progressionDerived terms
* countermarch * dead march * death march * double march * force-march * forced march * freedom march * frog-march, frog march, frog's march * funeral march * gain a march on, get a march on * grand march * hour of march * in a full march * in march * Jacksonian march * Jarvis march * line of march * make a march * march haemoglobinuria, march hemoglobinuria * march-on * march-order * march out * march-past * march-time * march tumor, march tumour * march to a different drummer * march to the beat of a different drum * minute of march * on a march * on the march * outmarch * rogue's march * route march, route-march, routemarch * slow march * snowball marches * steal a march * wedding marchVerb
(es)Derived terms
* dismarch * marcher * marching * march off * march on * march to the beat of a different drum * outmarch * overmarch * remarchEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(es)- Therefore, sir, be my counsayle, rere up your lyege peple and sende kynges and dewkes to loke unto your marchis , and that the mountaynes of Almayne be myghtyly kepte.
- Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona.
