Article vs. Essay

Articlenoun

A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.

Articlenoun

A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.

Articlenoun

A member of a group or class.

Articlenoun

An object.

Articlenoun

(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).

Articlenoun

A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.

Articlenoun

(derogatory) A person.

Articlenoun

(archaic) A wench.

Articlenoun

(dated) Subject matter; concern.

Articlenoun

(dated) A distinct part.

Articlenoun

(obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.

Articleverb

(transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.

Articleverb

(obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.

Articleverb

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

Articlenoun

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.

Articlenoun

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

Articlenoun

Subject; matter; concern; distinct.

Articlenoun

A distinct part.

Articlenoun

A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.

Articlenoun

Precise point of time; moment.

Articlenoun

One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.

Articlenoun

One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

Articleverb

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

Articleverb

To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

Articleverb

To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

Articleverb

To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

Articlenoun

nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

Articlenoun

one of a class of artifacts;

Articlenoun

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

Articlenoun

(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

Articleverb

bind by a contract; especially for a training period

Articlenoun

a particular item or object

Articlenoun

a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication

Articlenoun

a separate clause or paragraph of a legal document or agreement, typically one outlining a single rule or regulation

Articlenoun

a period of training with a firm as a solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant

Articlenoun

the terms on which crew members take service on a ship.

Articlenoun

the definite or indefinite article.

Articleverb

bind (a trainee solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant) to undergo a period of training with a firm in order to become qualified

Essaynoun

(authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

Essaynoun

(obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.

Essaynoun

An attempt.

Essaynoun

A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote.

Essayverb

To try.

Essayverb

(intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.

Essaynoun

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

Essaynoun

A composition treating of any particular subject; - usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

Essaynoun

An assay. See Assay, n.

Essayverb

To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.

Essayverb

To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.

Essaynoun

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

Essaynoun

a tentative attempt

Essayverb

make an effort or attempt;

Essayverb

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

Essay

An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-classified as formal and informal.