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Naming vs Explaining - What's the difference?

naming | explaining |

As nouns the difference between naming and explaining

is that naming is a ritual or ceremony in which a name is given to a person while explaining is explanation.

As verbs the difference between naming and explaining

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

As an adjective naming

is associated with the process of giving a name to a person or thing.

naming

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Associated with the process of giving a name to a person or thing.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ritual or ceremony in which a name is given to a person.
  • The process of giving names to things.
  • The act of announcing the name of a person, organization etc.
    • The newspaper has a policy against naming its sources.

    Verb

    (head)

    • 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.