Essay vs. Report

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.

Reportverb

To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). 15}}

Reportverb

(transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).

Reportverb

To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.

Reportverb

(transitive) Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.

Reportverb

(transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).

Reportverb

(intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.

Reportverb

(ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.

Reportverb

(intransitive) To be accountable.

Reportverb

To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.

Reportverb

To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.

Reportverb

(obsolete) To refer.

Reportverb

To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.

Reportnoun

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).

Reportnoun

Reputation.

Reportnoun

The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.

Reportnoun

An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.

Reportverb

To refer.

Reportverb

To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.

Reportverb

To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.

Reportverb

To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.

Reportverb

To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.

Reportverb

To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.

Reportverb

To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.

Reportverb

To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

Reportverb

To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.

Reportverb

To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.

Reportverb

To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.

Reportverb

To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

Reportnoun

That which is reported.

Reportnoun

Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.

Reportnoun

Rapport; relation; connection; reference.

Reportnoun

a written document describing the findings of some individual or group;

Reportnoun

a short account of the news;

Reportnoun

the act of informing by verbal report;

Reportnoun

a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing);

Reportnoun

a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment;

Reportnoun

an essay (especially one written as an assignment);

Reportnoun

the general estimation that the public has for a person;

Reportverb

to give an account or representation of in words;

Reportverb

announce as the result of an investigation, or announce something to the proper authorities;

Reportverb

announce one's presence;

Reportverb

make known to the authorities;

Reportverb

be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism;

Reportverb

complain about; make a charge against;

Report

A report is a document that presents information in an organized format for a specific audience and purpose. Although summaries of reports may be delivered orally, complete reports are almost always in the form of written documents.