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Citing vs Describing - What's the difference?

citing | describing |

As verbs the difference between citing and describing

is that citing is while describing is .

As a noun citing

is citation.

citing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • citation
  • * 2010 , Samuel Totten, Jon E. Pedersen, Teaching and Studying Social Issues
  • Authors frequently do not cite references that are more than three years old because manuscript referees often dismiss or devalue older citings .

    describing

    English

    Verb

    (head)