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Caption vs Explanation - What's the difference?

caption | explanation |

As nouns the difference between caption and explanation

is that caption is the descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof while explanation is the act or process of explaining.

As a verb caption

is to add captions to a text or illustration.

caption

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (typography) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof
  • A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
  • (cinematography) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast.
  • (legal) The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized.
  • (obsolete, legal) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
  • * 1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378).
    • The caption and asportation must be felonious.

    Usage notes

    In film and video, captions'' may transcribe or describe all significant dialogue and sound for viewers who cannot hear it, while ''subtitles translate foreign-language dialogue.

    Derived terms

    * captionable, captioned, captioner, captioning * (film) closed caption, closed-caption, closed captions, closed captioned, closed-captioned, close captioned, close-captioned, closed captioning, closed-captioning * (film) open caption, open-caption, open captions * (film) real time caption, real-time caption, real time captioning, real-time captioning

    Related terms

    * captious * captivate * captive * capture

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add captions to a text or illustration.
    • Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.
  • To add captions to a film or broadcast.

    • Anagrams

    Pontiac

    explanation

    English

    (wikipedia explanation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of explaining.
    • The explanation was long and drawn-out.
  • Something that explains, makes understandable.
    • An explanation for each UFO sighting was easily found.
  • (euphemistic) An excuse, apologetic justification not based on enough evidence.
    • expense.

    Synonyms

    * (act or process of explaining) clarification, elucidation, elaboration

    Related terms

    * explain * explanatory * explicative * explicator * explicatory

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