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Documentation vs Documentalist - What's the difference?

documentation | documentalist |

As nouns the difference between documentation and documentalist

is that documentation is something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea while documentalist is a person, especially a librarian, who is an expert in documents and documentation.

documentation

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Noun

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  • Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
  • (computing) Documents that explain the operation of a particular software program.

    • documentalist

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia documentalist) (en noun)
  • A person, especially a librarian, who is an expert in documents and documentation