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Notation vs Notator - What's the difference?

notation | notator |

As nouns the difference between notation and notator

is that notation is (uncountable) the act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters while notator is one who notates; a writer of notation.

notation

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
  • (uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
  • (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
  • She made a notation in the margin of the book.

    Derived terms

    * Hungarian notation * Polish notation

    Anagrams

    * tonation ----

    notator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who notates; a writer of notation.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 30, author=Roslyn Sulcas, title=All the Right Moves, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=“Dance is not an ephemeral art form,” said Sandra Aberkalns, the senior staff notator at the bureau. }}

    Anagrams

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