There is only a marginal difference between the two.
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Marginal
/ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/
Synonyms for "marginal" (86 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (18)
Adjective(4 words)
Adverb(1 words)
barely adequate margin
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
economic outsider
Strong matches (25)
Adjective(9 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (43)
minimalnegligibleno great shakesof no accountof no consequenceof no matterof no significanceon the edgequestionablerimmingsecondarysideskirtingslightsmallterminalthresholdtinyunimportant
Adjective(14 words)
one dimensionalouteroutlying settlementpaltriestperipheralperipheral issueperipheral matterpuniestsecondaryslightersmall differencetenuousunivariateunpopular
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesMore specific
11 entriesmarginal areamarginal costmarginal densitymarginal effectmarginal impactmarginal influencemarginal probabilitymarginal productmarginal regionmarginal revenuemarginal zone
Collocations
6 entriesmarginal analysismarginal costmarginal distributionmarginal revenuemarginal utilitymarginal zone
Inflections
2 entriesmore marginalmost marginal
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- լուսանցքային adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Catalan
1 entries- marginal adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 边缘的 adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- 边际的 adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Finnish
2 entries- marginaalinen adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- vaa’ankieli- adj (where the winning margin was a small proportion of the total number of votes)
French
2 entries- marginal adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- périphérique adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Galician
1 entries- marxinal adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Japanese
2 entries- 辺境の adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- 隅の adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Portuguese
2 entries- marginal adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- periférico adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Spanish
1 entries- marginal adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Swedish
1 entries- marginell adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Ukrainian
1 entries- маргіна́льний adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
The Marginal Tietê expressway has two kilometres of traffic.
Source: tatoeba (5087364)
Prior to the 20th century, it was the most marginal of ideas to claim Jews were merely a religion and not a people.
Source: tatoeba (8660819)
My views are marginal.
Source: tatoeba (11044242)
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