interpretation

As nouns the difference between interpretation and contention

is that interpretation is an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.

As nouns the difference between commentary and interpretation

is that commentary is a series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work while interpretation is an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.

In uncountable terms the difference between compilation and interpretation

is that compilation is the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources while interpretation is the power of explaining.

In countable terms the difference between compilation and interpretation

is that compilation is that which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents while interpretation is an act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

As nouns the difference between conception and interpretation

is that conception is the act of conceiving while interpretation is an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.

As nouns the difference between hypothesis and interpretation

is that hypothesis is used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there while interpretation is an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.

As nouns the difference between account and interpretation

is that account is (accounting) a registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review while interpretation is interpretation.

As a verb account

is to provide explanation.

As nouns the difference between interpretation and solution

is that interpretation is an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction while solution is a homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.

In uncountable terms the difference between interpretation and reason

is that interpretation is the power of explaining while reason is rational thinking (or the capacity for it; the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.

As nouns the difference between interpretation and reason

is that interpretation is an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction while reason is a cause.

As a verb reason is

to exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.

As nouns the difference between interpretation and application

is that interpretation is interpretation while application is the act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

As a noun interpretation

is interpretation.

As an adjective obscure is

dark, faint or indistinct.

As a verb obscure is

(label) to render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.