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Aurally vs Notation - What's the difference?

aurally | notation |

As an adverb aurally

is pertaining to sound or the ear.

As a noun notation is

(uncountable) the act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.

aurally

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Pertaining to sound or the ear.
  • While the flashy special effects were nice, the movie was aurally jarring, loud and displeasing in general to the ear.

    Coordinate terms

    * tactilely * visually

    notation

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
  • (uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
  • (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
  • She made a notation in the margin of the book.

    Derived terms

    * Hungarian notation * Polish notation

    Anagrams

    * tonation ----