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quotation mark vs scare quote

scare quote vs quotation mark

quotation mark and scare quote both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
quotation mark Yes No No No
scare quote Yes No No No
As nouns, scare quote is a hyponym of quotation mark; that is, scare quote is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than quotation mark:
  • quotation mark: a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
  • scare quote: the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
Other hyponyms of quotation mark include single quote, double quotes.
quotation mark (noun) scare quote (noun)
a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
Difference between quotation mark and scare quote

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