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Marring vs Marking - What's the difference?

marring | marking |

As verbs the difference between marring and marking

is that marring is while marking is .

As nouns the difference between marring and marking

is that marring is something that mars or spoils; a blemish while marking is (uncountable) the action of the verb to mark .

marring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that mars or spoils; a blemish.
  • * Samuel R. Delany,
    • Unable to read even as much of them as the scamps who wrote them and could read nothing more, the smuggler had finally trained himself to ignore them; they were marrings to be overlooked while the eye was out for other, more meaningful detail.

    marking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to mark .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 12 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Seasiders equalised soon after when Gary Taylor-Fletcher made the most of slack marking to slot home. }}
  • a mark
  • the characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal

    • Derived terms

    * marking blue * marking error * marking fire * marking out