The difference between Greek and Placeholder

When used as nouns, greek means ., whereas placeholder means something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic.


Greek is also verb with the meaning: to display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.

check bellow for the other definitions of Greek and Placeholder

  1. Greek as a noun:

    .

  2. Greek as a noun:

    .

  1. Greek as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.

  2. Greek as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.

  1. Placeholder as a noun:

    Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.

    Examples:

    "This is placeholder data, so you'll want to include the real numbers as soon as you have them."

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