Characterisation vs Description - What's the difference?
characterisation | description | Synonyms |
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.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
(biology) A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
Characterisation is a synonym of description.
As nouns the difference between characterisation and description
is that characterisation is (british spelling) while description is 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.description
English
(wikipedia description)Noun
(en noun)- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.