Description vs Hearsay - What's the difference?
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A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
(biology) A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
information that was heard by one person about another
(legal) evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge; normally inadmissible because not made under oath
(legal) evidence: an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted; normally inadmissible because not subject to cross-examination, unless the hearsay statement falls under one of the many exceptions
Description is a related term of hearsay.
As nouns the difference between description and hearsay
is that description is a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species while hearsay is information that was heard by one person about another.description
English
(wikipedia description)Noun
(en noun)- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.