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Lecturing vs Explaining - What's the difference?

lecturing | explaining |

As verbs the difference between lecturing and explaining

is that lecturing is while explaining is .

As nouns the difference between lecturing and explaining

is that lecturing is the act of delivering a lecture or harangue while explaining is explanation.

lecturing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of delivering a lecture or harangue.
  • * 1905 , Bram Stoker, The Man
    • As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings , and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman,

    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.