marked difference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmarkedanddifference
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marked
adjective
uk/mɑːkt/us/mɑːrkt/
A marked change or difference in behaviour or in a situation is very obvious ...
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difference
noun
uk/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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(Definition ofmarkedanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmarked difference
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The mostmarkeddifferencebetween men and women concerned the overall level of labour participation.
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However, there was amarkeddifferencebetween the treated and untreated respondents.
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When the two early onset groups were compared, there was amarkeddifferencebetween them in terms of eating disorder psychopathology.
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Most noticeable is themarkeddifferencebetween tenant farmers and freeholders.
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A similar, though lessmarkeddifferencewas observed in the 0-4 years age group.
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There is amarkeddifferencebetween this and earlier forms of participatory evaluation.
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While each represents amarkeddifferencefrom the unadjusted approaches, the simpler date adjustment identified twice as many days as the dateand-tract adjustment.
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There was nomarkeddifferencebetween these chromosomes with respect to the degree of chromosome decondensation.
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During the rains there is nomarkeddifferencein relative humidity, except where there is standing water.
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Findings showed amarkeddifferencein treatment patterns between gatekeepers and child psychiatrists.
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Here there is amarkeddifferencewith systems based on free text input.
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Males of the two groups showed a lessmarkeddifference: 49.7% in the conversational session and 3.6% in the word list.
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Of the performance tests that have been completed, and whose data have been analyzed, the prototype units show amarkeddifferenceover the control units.
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Note that the word and pseudoword topographies display amarkeddifferenceover central scalp (more negativity for words) in the memory task (left column).
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When the relationship between contraceptive use and intercourse was looked at alone, there was amarkeddifferencein practice (32 %).
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Finally, there is amarkeddifferencein the cash component of the plans.
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The contact fronts in the exploding spheres show amarkeddifferencefrom their theoretical behaviour by expanding to larger radii and exhibiting only very slight oscillation.
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The children's scores in the morphology test correlated significantly with their spelling of both stems and inflections, and there was nomarkeddifferencebetween these correlations.
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