Claim vs Description - What's the difference?
claim | description |
A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
To demand ownership of.
To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
To demand ownership or right to use for land.
(legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
* John Locke
To proclaim.
To call or name.
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.
As nouns the difference between claim and description
is that claim is claim 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.claim
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Alternative forms
* claym (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. SeeVerb
(en verb)- We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
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* English reporting verbs ----description
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(wikipedia description)Noun
(en noun)- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
