Trademark vs Velcro - What's the difference?
trademark | velcro |
(informal) distinctive, characteristic, signature
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A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
Any proprietary business, product or service name.
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A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other of tiny fiber loops, which when brought together stick strongly one to the other.
To fasten tightly with Velcro.
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As nouns the difference between trademark and velcro
is that trademark is a word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products while velcro is (velcro).As a adjective trademark
is (informal) distinctive, characteristic, signature.As a verb trademark
is to register something as a trademark.trademark
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(wikipedia trademark)Adjective
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Noun
(en noun)See also
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Among practitioners of trademark law, it is generally considered incorrect to use “trademark” as a verb; the preferred terminology would be to use'' a trademark or to ''register a trademark.velcro
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(wikipedia Velcro)Proper noun
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* This term may be a trademark.Verb
- He was standing on a chair Velcroing red balloons to himself.
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- He had a seat in a leather recliner and hit the remote, which he had Velcroed to the chair.
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- Two officers stormed into I-tier, still Velcroing their flak jackets.