Mark vs. Trace

Mark vs. Trace — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Mark and Trace

Marknoun

(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.

Tracenoun

An act of tracing.

Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.

Marknoun

(obsolete) A boundary; a border or frontier.

Tracenoun

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

Marknoun

(obsolete) A boundary-post or fence.

Tracenoun

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

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Marknoun

A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.

Tracenoun

A residue of some substance or material.

There are traces of chocolate around your lips.

Marknoun

(archaic) A type of small region or principality.

Tracenoun

A very small amount.

All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.

Marknoun

(historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.

Tracenoun

(electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

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Marknoun

(heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.

Tracenoun

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

Marknoun

An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.

Tracenoun

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Marknoun

A characteristic feature.

A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.

Tracenoun

(engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

Marknoun

A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.

Tracenoun

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

Marknoun

A sign or brand on a person.

Tracenoun

(geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

Marknoun

A written character or sign.

The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.

Tracenoun

(mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

Marknoun

A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.

With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.

Tracenoun

(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

Marknoun

(obsolete) Resemblance, likeness, image.

Traceverb

(transitive) To follow the trail of.

Marknoun

A particular design or make of an item now usually with following numeral.

I am proud to present my patented travelator, mark two.

Traceverb

To follow the history of.

Marknoun

A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such point gained as out of a possible total.

What mark did you get in your history test?

Traceverb

(transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.

Marknoun

(heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.

Traceverb

(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.

Marknoun

A target for shooting at with a projectile.

Traceverb

To copy; to imitate.

Marknoun

An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.

I filled the bottle up to the 500ml mark.

Traceverb

To walk; to go; to travel.

Marknoun

The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.

Traceverb

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Marknoun

(obsolete) The female genitals.

Traceverb

To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.

Marknoun

(Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.

Tracenoun

a just detectable amount;

he speaks French with a trace of an accent

Marknoun

(sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.

Tracenoun

an indication that something has been present;

there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claima tincture of condescension

Marknoun

A score for a sporting achievement.

Tracenoun

a suggestion of some quality;

there was a touch of sarcasm in his tonehe detected a ghost of a smile on her face

Marknoun

An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.

Tracenoun

drawing created by tracing

Marknoun

(cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.

Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.

Tracenoun

either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

Marknoun

Limit or standard of action or fact.

to be within the mark;to come up to the mark

Tracenoun

a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

Marknoun

Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.

Traceverb

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

We must follow closely the economic development is Cubatrace the student's progress

Marknoun

(archaic) Preeminence; high position.

patricians of mark;a fellow of no mark

Traceverb

make a mark or lines on a surface;

draw a linetrace the outline of a figure in the sand

Marknoun

(logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.

Traceverb

to go back over again;

we retraced the route we took last summertrace your path

Marknoun

(nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)

Traceverb

pursue or chase relentlessly;

The hunters traced the deer into the woodsthe detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him

Marknoun

(heading) Attention.

Traceverb

discover traces of;

She traced the circumstances of her birth

Marknoun

(archaic) Attention, notice.

His last comment is particularly worthy of mark.

Traceverb

make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along;

The children traced along the edge of the drak forestThe women traced the pasture

Marknoun

Importance, noteworthiness. Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.

Traceverb

copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of;

trace a designtrace a pattern

Marknoun

(obsolete) Regard; respect.

Traceverb

read with difficulty;

Can you decipher this letter?The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs

Marknoun

A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.

Marknoun

An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.

Marknoun

Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs.

Marknoun

A coin worth one mark.

Markverb

To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.

to mark a box or bale of merchandiseto mark clothing with one's name

Markverb

To indicate in some way for later reference.

She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading.This monument marks the spot where Wolfe died.His courage and energy marked him as a leader.

Markverb

To take note of.

Mark my words: that boy's up to no good.

Markverb

To blemish, scratch, or stain.

See where this pencil has marked the paper.The floor was marked with wine and blood.

Markverb

To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.

The teacher had to spend her weekend marking all the tests.

Markverb

To keep account of; to enumerate and register.

to mark the points in a game of billiards or a card game

Markverb

(Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.

Markverb

(sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.

Markverb

(golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.

Markverb

(singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.

Marknoun

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance);

she made good marks in algebragrade A milkwhat was your score on your homework?

Marknoun

a distinguishing symbol;

the owner's mark was on all the sheep

Marknoun

a reference point to shoot at;

his arrow hit the mark

Marknoun

a visible indication made on a surface;

some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of markspaw prints were everywhere

Marknoun

the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember;

it was in London that he made his markhe left an indelible mark on the American theater

Marknoun

a symbol of disgrace or infamy;

And the Lord set a mark upon Cain

Marknoun

formerly the basic unit of money in Germany

Marknoun

Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel

Marknoun

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

Marknoun

a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation);

his answer was just a punctuation mark

Marknoun

a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened);

he showed signs of strainthey welcomed the signs of spring

Marknoun

the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

Marknoun

an indication of damage

Marknoun

marking consisting of crossing lines

Marknoun

something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal;

the new advertising campaign was a bell ringerscored a bull's eyehit the markthe president's speech was a home run

Markverb

attach a tag or label to;

label these bottles

Markverb

designate as if by a mark;

This sign marks the borderHe indicated where the border ended

Markverb

be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense;

His modesty distinguishes him form his peers

Markverb

mark by some ceremony or observation;

We marked the anniversary of his death

Markverb

make or leave a mark on;

mark the trail so that we can find our way back

Markverb

to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful;

He denounced the government actionShe was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock

Markverb

notice or perceive;

She noted that someone was following hermark my words

Markverb

mark with a scar;

The skin disease scarred his face permanently

Markverb

make small marks into the surface of;

score the clay before firing it

Markverb

establish as the highest level or best performance;

set a record

Markverb

make underscoring marks

Markverb

remove from a list;

Cross the name of the dead person off the list

Markverb

put a check mark on or next to;

Please check each name on the listtick off the items

Markverb

assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation;

grade testsscore the SAT essaysmark homework

Markverb

insert punctuation marks into