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Explaining vs Highlighting - What's the difference?

explaining | highlighting |

As verbs the difference between explaining and highlighting

is that explaining is present participle of lang=en while highlighting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between explaining and highlighting

is that explaining is explanation while highlighting is emphasis of text.

As an adjective highlighting is

causing emphasis, drawing attention; revealing.

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.

    highlighting

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hiliting (informal)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Emphasis of text
  • An area of the skin or hair containing highlights.

    • Derived terms

    * syntax highlighting

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing emphasis, drawing attention; revealing.
    • A highlighting''' event. A very '''highlighting topic.
    Uplights have a more highlighting effect.
    The most highlighting part of the case study is research, collection and analysis of data.