marker vs stub

marker

noun
  • A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen. 

  • A counter, especially one used in card games. 

  • Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt. 

  • A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species. 

  • A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker. 

  • A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not. 

  • A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function. 

  • A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line 

  • Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader. 

  • The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment. 

  • The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen. 

  • A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores. 

  • A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for. 

  • A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players. 

  • A device that fires a paintball. 

  • A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment. 

verb
  • To mark or write on (something) using a marker 

stub

noun
  • A pen with a short, blunt nib. 

  • An old and worn horseshoe nail. 

  • A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. 

  • Stub iron. 

  • A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference). 

  • An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract 

  • A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. 

  • A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes. 

  • The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt. 

  • The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog 

  • Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump. 

  • A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development. 

verb
  • To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots. 

  • To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe. 

  • To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground. 

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