different between demonstration vs description
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
demonstration From the web:
- what demonstration mean
- what demonstration is given to show diffusion
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- what demonstrations are happening in london today
- what does demonstration mean
- what is an example of demonstration
description
English
Etymology
From Old French description, from Latin d?scr?pti?, noun of action of d?scr?b? (“I describe”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sk??p??n/
Noun
description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
Synonyms
- (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety
Derived terms
Related terms
- describe
- descriptive
Translations
See also
- prescription
- descriptivism
Further reading
- description in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- description in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- synopsis
- interpretation
Anagrams
- discerption, predictions
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?scripti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.k?ip.sj??/
- Homophone: descriptions
Noun
description f (plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- décrire
- descriptif
Further reading
- “description” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin d?scripti?.
Noun
description f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- descrivre
description From the web:
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- what description explains how pollen is received
- what description best defines a confederation
- what description of salt is a chemical property
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- what descriptions of the government deficit is incorrect
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