Citation vs Precept - What's the difference?
citation | precept |
An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words.
An entry in a list of source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
The passage or words quoted; quotation.
Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.
A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
* 2006 : ,
** I need hardly point out that Pinker doesn't really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept .
* 1891 :
** He found a people in the extreme of barbarism living in caves, feeding upon the bloody flesh of animals they killed in hunting; he taught them many things, so that by his example, and for generations after he left them by his precepts , they advanced to high civilization.
(legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
As nouns the difference between citation and precept
is that citation is an official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice while precept is a rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.As a verb precept is
to teach by precepts.citation
English
(wikipedia citation)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (passage of words) quotation * (passage of words) quoteprecept
English
(wikipedia precept)Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Gift of Language