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Strikeout vs Strikethrough - What's the difference?

strikeout | strikethrough |

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. This is an example.

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)
  • An instance or the act of yielding nothing
  • We've had one strikeout after the other on the Jones account.
  • (baseball) An instance or the act of striking out
  • The pitcher recorded seven strikeouts in the game.
  • (computing, wordprocessing) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
  • See also

    * strike out * walk * single * double

    strikethrough

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through their center. This is an example.
  • Verb

  • (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.
  • * 2001, Rachel Webster, XHTML Simplified , A.D.R. (London) Limited, ISBN 1901197700, page 113,
  • The next requirement is to strikethrough', ' Yoga is just massage.
    Inline style element <strike> carries out this task easily. It strikes through text.
  • * 2003, Doug Sahlin, How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 6.0 , McGraw-Hill Professional, ISBN 0072229462, page 37,
  • 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.
  • * 2006, Editors of BottleTree Books LLC, Myspace Maxed Out: Explode Your Popularity, Buzz Your Band and Secure Your Privacy on Myspace , BottleTree Books LLC, ISBN 1933747056, page 59,
  • To strikethrough text do this: <s>Strikethrough Text Goes Here</s>

    Alternative forms

    * to strike through * strike out - 2nd definition