Particularity vs Earmark - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The condition of being particular; attention to detail; fastidiousness
(countable) A particular thing; a peculiarity
To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
(by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose.
A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.
(US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.
A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
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* Burrow
As nouns the difference between particularity and earmark
is that particularity is the condition of being particular; attention to detail; fastidiousness while earmark is a mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.As a verb earmark is
to mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.particularity
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(wikipedia earmark)Verb
(en verb)- You can donate to the organization as a whole, or you can earmark your contribution for a particular project.
Noun
(en noun)- Money is said to have no earmark .
- A set of intellectual ideas have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor.