Citation vs. Footnote

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.

The paper containing such summons or notice.

The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his/her own words.

An entry in a list of source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.

The passage or words quoted; quotation.

Enumeration; mention.

Example: ‘It's a simple citation of facts.’;

A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.

A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.

Example: ‘This horse load of citations and fathers.’;

Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.

A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.

an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

Example: ‘the student's essay failed to list several important citations’; ‘the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book’; ‘the article includes mention of similar clinical cases’;

a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding

thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

A citation is a reference to a source. More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression embedded in the body of an intellectual work that denotes an entry in the bibliographic references section of the work for the purpose of acknowledging the relevance of the works of others to the topic of discussion at the spot where the citation appears.

A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.

Example: ‘consult the footnotes for more details’;

(by extension) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.

Example: ‘a mere footnote in history’;

A qualification to the import of something.

To add footnotes to a text.

A note of reference or comment at the foot{4} of a page.

a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments;

Example: ‘The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel’;