different between appellation vs specification

English

Etymology

From late Middle English appellacion, from Old French apellatiun, from Latin appell?ti? (“a naming”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æp??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Homophone: Appalachian

Noun

appellation (plural appellations)

1. (formal or dated) A name, title, or designation.
   • 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1

     "I'll not," retorted "Teeter" Nelson, whose first name was Harry, but who had gained his appellation because of a habit he had of "teetering" on his tiptoes when reciting in class. "I've got Peaches all right," and there was a struggle between the two lads, one trying to throw a snowball, and the other trying to prevent him.

   • 1925, Alfred Louis Kroeber, Handbook of the Indians of California (page 225)

     Russian River flows through a country of hill ridges, which in many places are dignifiable with the appellation of mountains.

   • 1990, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (translators), Fyodor Dostoevsky (author), The Brothers Karamazov, North Point Press, ?ISBN, page 742:

     Gentlemen of the jury, what is a father, a real father, what does this great word mean, what terribly great idea is contained in this appellation?

2. A geographical indication for wine that describes its geographic origin.

Related terms

• appellation contrôlée

Translations

Further reading

• appellation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From the Old French apellatiun, but respelt to conform with the ultimate Latin etymon, appell?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.p?.la.sj??/

Noun

appellation f (plural appellations)

1. call (instance of calling out)
2. name; appellation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “appellation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio)

Noun

specification (countable and uncountable, plural specifications)

1. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
2. An act of specifying.

Derived terms

• open-specification

Related terms

• species
• specific
• specify

Translations