Commentary vs Analysis - What's the difference?
commentary | analysis |
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory...).
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, title= (countable) The result of such a process.
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(uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
(countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
(countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
(uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies]], [[harmony, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprisees.
(countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.
As nouns the difference between commentary and analysis
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 analysis is analysis.commentary
Noun
(commentaries)- This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary . -(Henry Hallam).
Derived terms
* audio commentary * commentary track * DVD commentary * political commentary * social commentary * supercommentaryExternal links
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English
Noun
(wikipedia analysis)Philip J. Bushnell
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
- Thus, in a sequence such as [French English teacher''], since ''English'' is closer to
the Head Noun ''teacher'', it must be a Complement; and since ''French'' is further
away from ''teacher'', it must be an Attribute. Hence, we correctly predict that
the only possible interpretation for [''a French English teacher ] is ‘a person who
teaches English who is French?. So our analysis not only has semantic plausi-
bility; but in addition it has independent syntactic support.