different between amends vs explanation

English

Etymology

From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??m?nds/

Noun

amends

1. plural of amend

Noun

amends

1. Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

Usage notes

• Many consider amends a plural-only noun, but historically and in some current usage the singular appears.
• Most commonly found in to make amends.

Synonyms

• (compensation): reparation, redress, restitution, indemnity

Translations

Verb

amends

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amend

References

• amends at OneLook Dictionary Search
• amends in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Amsden, Edmans, demans, desman, menads

English

Alternative forms

• explaination (misspelling or obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Latin explanatio (“an explanation, interpretation”), from explanare (“explain”); see explain.

Morphologically explain +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kspl??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

explanation (countable and uncountable, plural explanations)

1. The act or process of explaining.

   The explanation was long and drawn-out.

2. Something that explains, makes understandable.

   An explanation for the UFO sightings was easily found.

3. A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.

Synonyms

• (act or process of explaining): clarification; elucidation; elaboration; explaining; femsplaining (pej., particularly by a feminist to a man); mansplaining, mansplanation (pej., particularly by a man to a woman)

Related terms

• explain
• explanatory
• explicative
• explicator
• explicatory

Translations

Further reading

• explanation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• explanation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.