Discussion vs Commentary - What's the difference?
discussion | commentary |
Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
Text giving further detail on a subject.
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
As nouns the difference between discussion and commentary
is that discussion is conversation or debate concerning a particular topic while commentary is a series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.discussion
English
(wikipedia discussion)Noun
(en noun)- There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".
- This topic is not open to discussion .
- Under each heading, you will find a discussion section.
commentary
Noun
(commentaries)- This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary . -(Henry Hallam).