Commentatory vs Commentator - What's the difference?
commentatory | commentator |
of or relating to a commentary
*{{quote-book, year=1921, author=Robert Lynd, title=The Art of Letters, chapter=, edition=
, passage=It is a thoughtless scattering of acceptable words and is as unlike the review conceived as a portrait as is the hostile kind of commentatory review which I have been discussing. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1851, author=Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, title=Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers, chapter=, edition=
, passage=The latter has a commentatory letter to this end, from Gen. Jackson, dated the 19th of March, which denotes an interest on this topic that argues favorably of his views of moral things. " }} A person who comments; especially someone who is paid to give his/her opinions in the media about current affairs, sports, etc.
As an adjective commentatory
is of or relating to a commentary.As a noun commentator is
a person who comments; especially someone who is paid to give his/her opinions in the media about current affairs, sports, etc.commentatory
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