Paint vs Marker - What's the difference?
paint | marker |
A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
(in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
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(basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with ''the''.
(uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
(poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
(computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
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To apply paint to.
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To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To create (an image) with paints.
To practise the art of painting pictures.
(computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
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(figuratively) To depict or portray.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
(transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.
An object used to mark a location.
Someone or something that marks.
# One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.
# A counter used in card games and other games.
# The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.
# An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.
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A felt-tipped pen.
(slang) A signed note of a debt to be paid.
(slang, figuratively) A nonmonetary debt owed to someone, especially in return for a favor.
(paintball) A device that fires a paintball
(sports) A defending player who stays close to an opponent in order to mark them.
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A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
(In competition law) A recognition given by a competition authority that a company is the first to approach it to reveal the existence of a cartel, as a prelude to a formal application for leniency for the company.
To mark or write on (something) using a
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As a noun paint
is a paint horse.As a verb marker is
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English
(wikipedia paint)Noun
- René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.
- The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint .
- I am running low on paint for my marker.
- It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.
- Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.
- If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.
Derived terms
* face paint * finger paint * like watching paint dry * Paint / Paint Horse * paintbrush * paint job * war paintReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
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- not painted with the crimson spots of blood
- Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.
- to paint a portrait or a landscape
- I've been painting since I was a young child.
- Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted .
- Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
- If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
- Let her paint an inch thick.
Derived terms
* painted lady * painted trillium * painted vulture * painter * painting * paint oneself into a corner * paint out * paint the town red * paint with a broad brush * repaintExternal links
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English
(wikipedia marker)Noun
(en noun)Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
- Pellegrini insisted this was a game City had to win - this they did and with the sort of performance that put down a marker for how the Chilean wants his team to play.
- We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers .
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Synonyms
* (felt-tipped pen) marker penDerived terms
* biomarker * discourse marker * magic marker * man marker / man-marker * marker bed * marker gene * on-time marker * permanent marker * whiteboard markerVerb
(en verb)citation