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Essay vs Vlog - What's the difference?

essay | vlog |

As nouns the difference between essay and vlog

is that essay is essay, usually on scientific, cultural or sociological subjects for publication in a newspaper or magazine while vlog is (internet) a weblog using video as its primary presentation format.

As a verb vlog is

(internet|intransitive) to contribute to a video weblog.

essay

English

(wikipedia essay)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A written composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Katie L. Burke , title=Ecological Dependency , volume=101, issue=1, page=64 , magazine= citation , passage=In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature , David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.”}}
  • (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.
  • An attempt.
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2003, p. 455:
    • This was Lee's first essay in the kind of offensive-defensive strategy that was to become his hallmark.

    Derived terms

    * photo essay

    Related terms

    * essayist * essayistic

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To try.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter II,
    • He retraced his steps to the front gate, which he essayed to open.
  • To move forth, as into battle.

    • Anagrams

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    vlog

    English

    (wikipedia vlog)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.

    • Synonyms

    * videoblog

    Related terms

    * vlogger * vlogging * vlogosphere * vidblogger * vidblogging * videoblogger * videoblogging

    See also

    * blog (wikinews, New words added to Webster's dictionary)

    Verb

    (vlogg)
  • (internet) To contribute to a video weblog.
  • (internet) To post (something) to a video weblog.

    • Quotations

    2005:' I like to take walks when I'm having my breaks at work, and then I '''vlog my walks and put them online. I can just ramble on about philosophy, or whatever. — ''vlogger Raymond Kristiansen in Vloggers get political in Norway, by Clark Boyd, BBC online.