different between representing vs portrayal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p???z?nt??/
• Hyphenation: re?pre?sent?ing

Verb

representing

1. present participle of represent

Noun

representing (plural representings)

1. An act of representation.
   • 2017, Anil Gomes, Andrew Stephenson, Kant and the Philosophy of Mind: Perception, Reason, and the Self

     One ends up with a noumenal representation that has a phenomenal representation as its content, whereby the phenomenal representation, in turn, has as its content a temporally ordered sequence of representings, i.e. of mental episodes.

English

Etymology

portray +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p???t?e?.?l/
• Rhymes: -e??l

Noun

portrayal (plural portrayals)

1. The act of portraying.
2. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
   • 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest

     He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...

   • 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste

     For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.

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