What is the different between a Markman and Mark Master Mason?

Historically, the Mark Man and Mark Master existed as two separate degrees before an agreement was made to amalgamate them into a unified system to be conferred upon Master Masons 1. The selection and registration of individual marks by craftsmen descended from operative practice, where theoretical and operative Masons alike recorded their unique marks in lodge books 1.

In contemporary practice, this historical division is retained within the structure of a single degree. The advancement ceremony comprises two distinct parts: in the first, the candidate is acknowledged as a Mark Man, and in the second part that follows, he becomes a Mark Master Mason, as the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons notes.