different between demonstration vs certification

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)

1. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
   1. (prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner. (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. An event at which something will be demonstrated.

   I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.

3. Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
4. A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
5. A show of military force.
6. 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.

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)

1. demonstration

Declension

Further reading

• “demonstration” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “demonstration” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??t?f??ke???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?t?f??ke???n/, [s???f??ke???n]
• Hyphenation: cer?ti?fi?ca?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

certification (countable and uncountable, plural certifications)

1. The act of certifying.
2. The granting of a certificate.
3. A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.

Hyponyms

• organic certification
• product certification
• professional certification

Derived terms

• post-certification

Translations

Anagrams

• rectification

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.ti.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

certification f (plural certifications)

1. certification (all meanings)

Related terms

• certifier
• certificat

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rectification