The difference between Appropriate and Earmark

When used as verbs, appropriate means to make suitable, whereas earmark means to mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.

Appropriate is also adjective with the meaning: suitable or fit.

Earmark is also noun with the meaning: a mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.

check bellow for the other definitions of Appropriate and Earmark

  1. Appropriate as an adjective:

    Suitable or fit; proper.

    Examples:

    "The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better."

  2. Appropriate as an adjective:

    Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

    Examples:

    "I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place."

    "While it is not considered appropriate for a professor to date his student, there is no such concern once the semester has ended."

  3. Appropriate as an adjective (obsolete):

    Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

  1. Appropriate as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To make suitable; to suit.

    Examples:

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  2. Appropriate as a verb (transitive):

    To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

    Examples:

    "Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."

  3. Appropriate as a verb (transitive):

    To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

    Examples:

    "A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden."

    "to appropriate money for the increase of the navy"

  4. Appropriate as a verb (transitive, British, ecclesiastical, legal):

    To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).

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  1. Earmark as a verb (transitive):

    To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.

  2. Earmark as a verb (transitive, by extension):

    To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate.

    Examples:

    "You can donate to the organization as a whole, or you can earmark your contribution for a particular project."

  1. Earmark as a noun:

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

  2. Earmark as a noun (US, politics):

    The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.

  3. Earmark as a noun:

    A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.

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