different between revelation vs declaration

English

Etymology

From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin rev?l?ti? (“disclosure”), from rev?l? (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + v?l? (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v??le???n/
• Hyphenation: rev?e?la?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

revelation (plural revelations)

1. The act of revealing or disclosing.
2. Something that is revealed.
3. Something dramatically disclosed.
4. (theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
5. A great success.

Related terms

• reveal

Translations

Anagrams

• relevation

English

Etymology

From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin d?cl?r?ti?nem, accusative of Latin d?cl?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?kl???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

declaration (countable and uncountable, plural declarations)

1. A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.

2. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
3. The act or process of declaring.
4. (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
5. (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
6. (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Synonyms

• (act or process of declaring): notice
• (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement
• (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement

Hyponyms

• (computing): forward declaration

Related terms

• declare

Translations

See also

• complaint
• customs declaration
• statutory
• statutory declaration

Further reading

• declaration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• indacaterol, redactional

Middle French

Noun

declaration f (plural declarations)

1. declaration