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Interpreting vs Decoding - What's the difference?

interpreting | decoding |

As verbs the difference between interpreting and decoding

is that interpreting is present participle of interpret while decoding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between interpreting and decoding

is that interpreting is interpretation while decoding is an instance of the translation of something into a form more suitable for subsequent processing.

interpreting

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (comparatively rare)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • interpretation
  • * 1984 , Stephen A. Erickson, Human Presence: At the Boundaries of Meaning (page 86)
    • To put these statements in the singular, of course, is to abstract — there is always a plurality of interpretings when interpretation takes place.

    decoding

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of the translation of something into a form more suitable for subsequent processing.

    • Verb

    (head)