different between details vs explanation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?te?lz/, /d??te?lz/
• Rhymes: -e?lz
• Hyphenation: de?tails

Verb

details

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detail

Noun

details

1. plural of detail

Synonyms

• brass tacks, deets, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts; See also Thesaurus:gist

Anagrams

• Tisdale, alestid, atelids, dilates, laidest, salited

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

details

1. Plural form of detail

English

Alternative forms

• explaination (misspelling or obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Latin explanatio (“an explanation, interpretation”), from explanare (“explain”); see explain.

Morphologically explain +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kspl??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

explanation (countable and uncountable, plural explanations)

1. The act or process of explaining.

   The explanation was long and drawn-out.

2. Something that explains, makes understandable.

   An explanation for the UFO sightings was easily found.

3. A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.

Synonyms

• (act or process of explaining): clarification; elucidation; elaboration; explaining; femsplaining (pej., particularly by a feminist to a man); mansplaining, mansplanation (pej., particularly by a man to a woman)

Related terms

• explain
• explanatory
• explicative
• explicator
• explicatory

Translations

Further reading

• explanation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• explanation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.