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Description vs. Narration

Description and Narration Definitions

Description

The act, process, or technique of describing.

Narration

The act, process, or an instance of narrating.

Description

A statement or an account describing something
Published a description of the journey.
Gave a vivid description of the game.

Narration

Narrated material.

Description

A pictorial representation
Monet's ethereal descriptions of haystacks and water lilies.

Narration

The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
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Description

A kind or sort
Cars of every size and description.

Narration

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.

Description

A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
Give a verbal description of the events
A realistic description

Narration

(rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Description

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

Narration

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; a recital of certain events, usually in chronological order; rehearsal.
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Description

A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.

Narration

That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; a narrative; story; history.

Description

(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.

Narration

That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.

Description

(linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.

Narration

A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;
His narrative was interesting
Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
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Description

(linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.

Narration

The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;
His narration was hesitant

Description

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

Narration

(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

Description

A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
Milton has descriptions of morning.

Description

A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.
A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors.
The plates were all of the meanest description.

Description

A statement that represents something in words

Description

The act of describing something

Description

Sort or variety;
Every description of book was there

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