Marcador Vs. Rotulador
I was under the impression that the word for marker was marcador, but then I noticed that Paralee uses rotulador in Lesson 2.11. Are there any differences between these two words, or are they used interchangeably? Thank you for any help you can provide.
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If you look up marcador and rotulador, you will see they can both be used to mean a marker in the sense of a felt-tip pen or a highlighter, but they then have other meanings which do not necessarily overlap.
Think of our own marker and highlighter. Marker can be used for things that have nothing to do with a felt-tip pen (the buoy was a marker for the fishermen). Mind you, the comparison between marker and highlighter is not exactly like the comparison between marcador and rotulador, but the idea was just to demonstrate how synonyms work in general. That is, two synonymous words will usually have some meanings that overlap and some that don't.
Rotulador is a marker for drawing.
Marcador is a location marker, or marker for drawing.
