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Explaining vs Explanation - What's the difference?

explaining | explanation |

As nouns the difference between explaining and explanation

is that explaining is explanation while explanation is the act or process of explaining.

As a verb explaining

is present participle of lang=en.

explaining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • explanation
    • You've got some explaining to do!
  • * 1973 , Abraham Kaplan, The conduct of inquiry (page 327)
    • Among these various explainings there is one set which it is comparatively easy to distinguish. I call it semantic explanation: making clear a meaning.

    explanation

    English

    (wikipedia explanation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of explaining.
    • The explanation was long and drawn-out.
  • Something that explains, makes understandable.
    • An explanation for each UFO sighting was easily found.
  • (euphemistic) An excuse, apologetic justification not based on enough evidence.
    • expense.

    Synonyms

    * (act or process of explaining) clarification, elucidation, elaboration

    Related terms

    * explain * explanatory * explicative * explicator * explicatory

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