Earmark vs. Bookmark — What's the Difference?

An identifying feature or characteristic

A bookmark is a thin marking tool, commonly made of card, leather, or fabric, used to keep track of a reader's progress in a book and allow the reader to easily return to where the previous reading session ended. Alternate materials for bookmarks are paper, metals like silver and brass, silk, wood, cord (sewing), and plastic.

An identifying mark on the ear of a domestic animal.

A strip of leather, card, or other material, used to mark one's place in a book.

An item or provision in a legislative bill that allots money for a project or institution in a specific locale, usually written or sponsored by a representative from that area.

Record the address of (a website, file, etc.) to enable quick access in future

To reserve or designate for a particular purpose.

A strip of material, as of ribbon or leather, or a metal clamp, that is placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place.

To mark the ear of (a domestic animal) for identification.

A record of a selected webpage or URL kept by a program such as a web browser or help utility. Bookmarks allow the user to find and return to a selected site by clicking an easily recognizable link.

To specify or allocate (funds) to be spent in a legislative earmark.

To make a bookmark for (a webpage or URL).

(transitive) To mark (sheep or other animals) by slitting the ear.

A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.

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

(computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.

To designate part of a pension to be payable to the holder's former spouse or partner at its time of payment.

(databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap

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

To create a bookmark.

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

Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.

A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.

A marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place

A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.

A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.

To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

To designate or reserve for a specific purpose; as, the alumni fund was earmarked for dormitory construction.

Identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal

A distinctive characteristic or attribute

Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;