different between demonstration vs manifestation

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

Etymology

From Latin manifestatio.Morphologically manifest +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn?f??ste???n/, /?mæn?f??ste???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

manifestation (countable and uncountable, plural manifestations)

1. The act or process of becoming manifest.

   The last known manifestation of the ghost was over ten years ago.

2. The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.

   This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying.

3. (medicine) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.
4. A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration and/or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin manifestatio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.f?s.ta.sj??/

Noun

manifestation f (plural manifestations)

1. protest, demonstration
2. expression
3. assembly, gathering (of people for an event)
4. creation

Related terms

• manifester
• manifest

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

manifestation (plural manifestationes)

1. manifestation

Swedish

Noun

manifestation c

1. manifestation

Declension