different between commentary vs expression

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)

1. 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.

2. (usually in the plural) a brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum

3. 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.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French expression, from Late Latin expressi?, expressi?nem (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?sp???.?n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: ex?pres?sion

Noun

expression (countable and uncountable, plural expressions)

1. The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
2. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
3. A colloquialism or idiom.

4. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:expression.

5. (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
6. (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
7. (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
8. A specific blend of whisky.
9. (biology) The act of pressing or squeezing out.

   expression from a gland

   the expression of milk from the mammaries

10. (music) The tone of voice or sound in music.

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Related terms

• expression pedal

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French expression, borrowed from Latin expressi?, expressi?nem (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.sp??.sj??/

Noun

expression f (plural expressions)

1. expression

Derived terms

Related terms

• exprimer

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin expressi?, expressi?nem (“a pressing out”).

Noun

expression (plural expressiones)

1. expression

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expressi?, expressi?nem (“a pressing out”).

Noun

expression f (plural expressions)

1. (Jersey) expression