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Definition vs Phrasing - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between definition and phrasing

is that definition is definition while phrasing is the way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.

As a verb phrasing is

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definition

English

(wikipedia 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.

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    Related terms

    * define * definiendum * definiens * definitional

    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

    phrasing

    English

    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
    • 1870' ''But for the Sir Walter disease, the character of the Southerner -- or Southron, according to Sir Walter's starchier way of '''phrasing it -- would be wholly modern, in place of modern and medieval mixed, and the South would be fully a generation further advanced than it is.'' Mark Twain, ''Life on the Mississippi , Chapter 46.
  • (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
    • 1891' ''The grand difficulty in the opening andante movement of Casta Diva lies in its broad, sustained '''phrasing , in the long, generous undulation of its rhythm, which with most singers drags or gets broken out of symmetry. Jenny Lind conceived and did it truly.'' Joel Benton, ''Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum , Chapter 17.

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