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Trait vs Earmark - What's the difference?

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Trait is a related term of earmark.


As verbs the difference between trait and earmark

is that trait is while earmark is to mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.

As a noun earmark is

a mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.

trait

English

(wikipedia trait)

Noun

(en noun)
  • an identifying characteristic, habit or trend
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  • The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?
  • (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, an uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * character trait

    Anagrams

    * ----

    earmark

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
  • (by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose.
  • You can donate to the organization as a whole, or you can earmark your contribution for a particular project.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • * Wharton
  • Money is said to have no earmark .
  • * Burrow
  • A set of intellectual ideas have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor.

    Coordinate terms

    * (US politics) phonemark

    References

    * http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?earmark

    See also

    * expenditure * porkbarrel