Manuscript vs Folio - What's the difference?
manuscript | folio |
handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
A leaf of a book or manuscript.
(paper) A sheet of paper once folded.
(books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
(printing) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
A page of a book.
(accounting) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
As nouns the difference between manuscript and folio
is that manuscript is a book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced while folio is a leaf of a book or manuscript.As an adjective manuscript
is handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.As a verb folio is
to put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.manuscript
English
(wikipedia manuscript)Adjective
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