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Narrative vs Commentary - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between narrative and commentary

is that narrative is the systematic recitation of an event or series of events while commentary is a series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

As an adjective narrative

is telling a story.

narrative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Telling a story.
  • Overly talkative; garrulous.
  • * (and other bibliographic details) (Alexander Pope)
  • But wise through time, and narrative with age.
  • Of or relating to narration.
  • the narrative thrust of a film

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
  • That which is narrated.
  • A representation of an event or story.
  • * '>citation
  • Derived terms

    * antenarrative * antinarrative * metanarrative

    commentary

    Noun

    (commentaries)
  • A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
  • This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary . -(Henry Hallam).
  • A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
  • An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
  • Derived terms

    * audio commentary * commentary track * DVD commentary * political commentary * social commentary * supercommentary