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Comma vs Definition - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between comma and definition

is that comma is punctuation mark (,) (usually indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or between elements in a list) while definition is a statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).

comma

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Punctuation]] mark ([[, ) (usually indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or between elements in a list).
  • (by extension) A diacritical mark used below certain letters in Romanian.
  • A European and North American butterfly, , of the family Nymphalidae.
  • (music) a difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
  • (genetics) A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
  • In Ancient Greek rhetoric a comma (?????) is a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity comma was defined as a combination of words that has no more than eight syllables. This term is later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.
  • Derived terms

    (punctuation mark) * commaless * Harvard comma * inverted comma * Oxford comma * serial comma

    See also

    (punctuation)

    definition

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (semantics) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
  • A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
  • The action or process of defining.
  • The act of defining; determination of the limits.
  • A product of defining.
  • The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
  • Her comic genius is beyond definition .
  • Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
  • The definition of a telescope.
    Improve the definition of an image.
  • Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
  • Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
  • A jacket with distinct waist definition .
  • (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
  • (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
  • (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * circular definition * conceptual definition * definition by example * definition by pointing * dictionary definition * enumerative definition * extensional definition * intensional definition * lexical definition * operational definition * ostensive definition * precising definition * recursive definition * stipulative definition * working definition