different between saying vs narration

English

Etymology

say +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?se???/
• Rhymes: -e???
• Hyphenation: say?ing

Verb

saying

1. present participle of say

Noun

saying (plural sayings)

1. A proverb or maxim.
2. (obsolete) That which is said; a statement.
   • c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale

     And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying,
     Howe'er you lean to th' nayward.

Synonyms

• maxim, proverb, saw, expression
• See also Thesaurus:saying

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narr?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n???e?.??n/, [?n???e?.?n?]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n????e?.??n/, [?n????e?.?n?]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

narration (countable and uncountable, plural narrations)

1. The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
2. That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
3. (rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Related terms

• narrate
• narrative
• narrator

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (nar?shon)

Translations

References

• narration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• atranorin

French

Etymology

Latin narr?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

narration f (plural narrations)

1. narration (account; story)
2. narration (literary device)
3. (rhetoric) narration

Related terms

• narrer

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

Latin narr?ti?.

Noun

narration f (plural narrations)

1. narration (account; story)