different between commentary vs presentation

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

Alternative forms

• præsentation (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesent?ti?nem, accusative singular of praesent?ti? (“representation, exhibition”).Morphologically present +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (US, UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /?p??z?n?te???n/, /?p?iz?n?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

presentation (countable and uncountable, plural presentations)

1. The act of presenting, or something presented
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.

2. A dramatic performance
3. An award given to someone on a special occasion
4. Money given as a wedding gift.
5. A lecture or speech given in front of an audience
6. (medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."
7. (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
8. (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
9. (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
10. The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.

    • If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.

11. (immunology) The preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response

Derived terms

Related terms

• presentational
• presentationally

Translations

Anagrams

• penetrations

Old French

Noun

presentation f (oblique plural presentations, nominative singular presentation, nominative plural presentations)

1. presentation (act of presenting something or someone)
2. presentation (demonstration)

Descendants

• ? English: presentation
• French: présentation

Swedish

Etymology

From French présentation, from présenter + -ation, equivalent to presentera +? -ation. Cognate with English presentation, German Präsentation, Norwegian Bokmål presentasjon, Norwegian Nynorsk presentasjon and Danish præsentation.

Noun

presentation c

1. a presentation

Declension

Related terms

• presentatör
• presentera

Anagrams

• prestationen