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Conclusion vs Explanation - What's the difference?

conclusion | explanation |

As nouns the difference between conclusion and explanation

is that conclusion is while explanation is the act or process of explaining.

conclusion

Noun

(en noun)
  • The end, finish, close or last part of something.
  • * Prescott
  • A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
  • The outcome or result of a process or act.
  • A decision reached after careful thought.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And the conclusion is, she shall be thine.
    The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.
  • *
  • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions' are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound ' conclusions . Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you geth
  • (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
  • * Addison
  • He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion .
  • (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.
  • (legal) The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
  • (legal) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
  • (Wharton)

    Antonyms

    * (end) beginning, initiation, start

    Coordinate terms

    * (in logic) premise

    explanation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of explaining.
  • The explanation was long and drawn-out.
  • Something that explains, makes understandable.
  • An explanation for each UFO sighting was easily found.
  • (euphemistic) An excuse, apologetic justification not based on enough evidence.
  • expense.

    Synonyms

    * (act or process of explaining) clarification, elucidation, elaboration