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Paperwork vs Documentation - What's the difference?

paperwork | documentation |

As nouns the difference between paperwork and documentation

is that paperwork is a clerical task or set of tasks involving routine written work; busy work; red tape while documentation is something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.

paperwork

English

Noun

(-)
  • A clerical task or set of tasks involving routine written work; busy work; red tape.
  • (informal) Excessive, intricate or meticulous work with documents in an unnecessary and incidental way to more important tasks.

    • Synonyms

    * administrativia * administrivia * busy work * red tape

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    documentation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
  • (computing) Documents that explain the operation of a particular software program.