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Explanation vs Paraphrasing - What's the difference?

explanation | paraphrasing |

As nouns the difference between explanation and paraphrasing

is that explanation is the act or process of explaining while paraphrasing is a paraphrased statement.

As a verb paraphrasing is

present participle of lang=en.

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

    External links

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    paraphrasing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A paraphrased statement.
  • * 2012 , Neil Bright, Those Who Can: Why Master Teachers Do What They Do (page 152)
    • Several paragraphs are mainly composed of paraphrasings or direct quotations from a single reference source.