Remark vs Protest - What's the difference?
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Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.
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, title= To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to point out.
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To take notice of, or to observe, mentally.
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To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause
(label) To make a strong objection.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
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(label) To affirm (something).
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I will protest your cowardice.
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*:She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
To object to.
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To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.
to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
A formal objection, especially one by a group.
A collective gesture of disapproval: a demonstration.
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In intransitive terms the difference between remark and protest
is that remark is to make a remark or remarks; to comment while protest is to make a strong objection.In transitive terms the difference between remark and protest
is that remark is to mark again (a piece of work) while protest is to affirm (something).remark
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(Webster 1913)Etymology 1
From (etyl) remarquer, from ; see mark.Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
Verb
(en verb)- Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief.
- His manacles remark him; there he sits.
- He remarked that it was time to go.
Etymology 2
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* English reporting verbsprotest
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(wikipedia protest)Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}