hairline vs marginal

hairline

adj
  • very thin, as thin as a hair 

noun
  • A fishing line made from hair. 

  • The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing. 

  • A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography. 

  • A very thin fissure. 

marginal

adj
  • Barely productive. 

  • Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election. 

  • Written in the margin of a book. 

  • Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). 

  • Sharing a border; geographically adjacent. 

  • Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category. 

  • Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good. 

noun
  • Something or somebody that is marginal. 

  • A constituency won with a small margin. 

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