Strikeout vs Strikethrough - What's the difference?
strikeout | strikethrough |
This is an example.
An instance or the act of yielding nothing
(baseball) An instance or the act of striking out
(computing, wordprocessing) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
A typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through their center. This is an example.
(nonstandard) To partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.
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As nouns the difference between strikeout and strikethrough
is that strikeout is an instance or the act of yielding nothing while strikethrough is a typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through their center.As a verb strikethrough is
to partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.strikeout
English
Noun
(en noun)- We've had one strikeout after the other on the Jones account.
- The pitcher recorded seven strikeouts in the game.
See also
* strike out * walk * single * doublestrikethrough
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
- The next requirement is to strikethrough', ' “
Yoga is just massage.
- Inline style element <strike> carries out this task easily. It strikes through text.
- Cross-Out Text This tool is used to strikethrough selected text. You can change the color of the strikethrough and you can create a pop-up note with the Strikethrough Text tool as well.
- To strikethrough text do this: <s>
Strikethrough Text Goes Here</s>