Commentary vs Recount - What's the difference?
commentary | recount |
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.
To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of.
To rehearse; to enumerate.
As nouns the difference between commentary and recount
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 recount is retelling, narration, rendering or recount can be a counting again, as of votes.As a verb recount is
to tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of or recount can be to count or reckon again.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
*recount
English
Etymology 1
From and (etyl) reconter, variant of (etyl) raconter.Verb
(en verb)- The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
- to recount one's blessings