different between commentary vs demonstration
commentary
English
Etymology
From Middle French commentaire, from Latin comment?rius, comment?rium (“notebook”), compare French commentaire. See comment.
Noun
commentary (countable and uncountable, plural commentaries)
- a series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- This letter […] was published by him with a severe commentary.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- (usually in the plural) a brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum
- an oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
Synonyms
- (series of comments or annotations): scholia (ancient & medieval European works); secondary source
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- commentary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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demonstration
English
Etymology
From Middle English demonstracioun, from Old French demonstration, from Latin demonstrationem, from demonstrare (“show or explain”), from de- (“of or concerning”) + monstrare (“show”).Morphologically demonstrate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?m?n?st?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
demonstration (countable and uncountable, plural demonstrations)
- The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner. (clarification of this definition is needed)
- An event at which something will be demonstrated.
- I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
- Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
- A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
- A show of military force.
- A mathematical proof.
- a. 1697, John Aubrey, Brief Lives, s.v. Thomas Hobbes:
- He read the proposition. […] So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.
- a. 1697, John Aubrey, Brief Lives, s.v. Thomas Hobbes:
Related terms
- demonstrable
- demonstrate
- demonstrator
- monster
- remonstration
- demo
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????????? (demonsutor?shon)
Translations
Anagrams
- nonmeditators
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dem?nsd????o?n/
Noun
demonstration c (singular definite demonstrationen, plural indefinite demonstrationer)
- demonstration
Declension
Further reading
- “demonstration” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “demonstration” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
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