Definition vs. Description
Definitionnoun
A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
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A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
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The action or process of defining.
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The act of defining; determination of the limits.
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A product of defining.
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The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
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Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
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Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
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Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
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(bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
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(programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
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(mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
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The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
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Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.
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Description; sort.
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An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
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Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
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a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
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clarity of outline;
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a statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially in a dictionary
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an exact statement or description of the nature, scope, or meaning of something
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the action or process of defining something
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the degree of distinctness in outline of an object, image, or sound
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the capacity of a device to make images distinct in outline
Definition
A definition is a statement of the meaning of a term (a word, phrase, or other set of symbols). Definitions can be classified into two large categories, intensional definitions (which try to give the sense of a term) and extensional definitions (which try to list the objects that a term describes).
Descriptionnoun
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
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The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
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A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
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(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
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The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
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A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
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A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.
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a statement that represents something in words
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the act of describing something
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sort or variety;
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a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event
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the action of giving a spoken or written account
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a type or class of people or things
Description
Description is the pattern of narrative development that aims to make vivid a place, object, character, or group. Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration.
