There is only a marginal difference between the two.
Source: tatoeba (72913)
Marginal
//ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl//
Synonyms for "marginal" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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2 entriesderived
46 entriesShowing 16 of 46 words.
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4 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- լուսանցքային adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- լուսանցքային adj (written in the margin of a book)
Bulgarian
2 entries- написан на полето adj (written in the margin of a book)
- маргинал noun (something that is marginal)
Catalan
1 entries- marginal adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 边境的 adj (geographically adjacent)
- 边界的 adj (geographically adjacent)
- 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
4 entries- huonotuottoinen adj (of land that is barely productive)
- marginaalinen adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- raja adj (economics: pertaining to unit changes)
- rajoittuva adj (geographically adjacent)
French
4 entries- adjacent adj (geographically adjacent)
- limitrophe adj (geographically adjacent)
- marginal adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- marginal adj (written in the margin of a book)
Galician
1 entries- marxinal adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Japanese
4 entries- ぎりぎりの adj (at the lower extent of a standard)
- 辺境の adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- 辺境の adj (geographically adjacent)
- 隅の adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Portuguese
4 entries- adjacente adj (geographically adjacent)
- fronteiriço adj (geographically adjacent)
- 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
4 entries- adyacente adj (geographically adjacent)
- baldío adj (of land that is barely productive)
- fronterizo adj (geographically adjacent)
- inferior adj (at the lower extent of a standard)
Swedish
1 entries- marginell adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
Ukrainian
2 entries- маргіна́льний adj (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
- маргіна́льний adj (written in the margin of a book)
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)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.
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