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Marque vs Marquee - What's the difference?

marque | marquee |

As nouns the difference between marquee and marque

is that marquee is a large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment while marque is a license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.

marque

English

Noun

(marques)
  • A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque
  • A brand of a manufactured product, especially a model of motor car
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    marquee

    English

    (wikipedia marquee)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
    • Rectangular Marquee Tool

    Synonyms

    * (lights that turn on and off in sequence) chase lights, chaser lights * (computing) marching ants