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Conference vs Presentation - What's the difference?

conference | presentation |

As a noun presentation is

the act of presenting.

conference

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Nor with such free and friendly conference / As he hath used of old.
  • (politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
  • (science) A formalized event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
  • (business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.
  • (sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
  • (obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
  • * Hooker
    • helps and furtherances which the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford
  • (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
  • A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.

    • Derived terms

    * conference table * news conference * press conference * conference room

    See also

    * discussant, lecturer, parleyer, prelector, speaker. The Writing-Rich High School Classroom: Engaging Students in ...

    Verb

    (conferenc)
  • (education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.
  • * 2009 , Jennifer Berne, The Writing-Rich High School Classroom
    • The students who were conferenced on paper 1 will get a written response to paper 2, and those who received a written response to paper 1 will be conferenced on paper 2.

    presentation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (wikipedia presentation) (en noun)
  • The act of presenting, or something presented
  • * Hooker
    • Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.
  • A dramatic performance
  • An award given to someone on a special occasion
  • A lecture or speech given in front of an audience
  • (medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."
  • (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
  • (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
  • (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
  • The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
  • * Blackstone
    • If the bishop admits the patron's presentation , the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.

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