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Wording vs Phrasing - What's the difference?

wording | phrasing |

Phrasing is a synonym of wording.



As nouns the difference between wording and phrasing

is that wording is a choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context while phrasing is the way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.

As verbs the difference between wording and phrasing

is that wording is present participle of lang=en while phrasing is present participle of lang=en.

wording

English

Noun

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  • (uncountable) A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.

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    phrasing

    English

    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
    • 1870' ''But for the Sir Walter disease, the character of the Southerner -- or Southron, according to Sir Walter's starchier way of '''phrasing it -- would be wholly modern, in place of modern and medieval mixed, and the South would be fully a generation further advanced than it is.'' Mark Twain, ''Life on the Mississippi , Chapter 46.
  • (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
    • 1891' ''The grand difficulty in the opening andante movement of Casta Diva lies in its broad, sustained '''phrasing , in the long, generous undulation of its rhythm, which with most singers drags or gets broken out of symmetry. Jenny Lind conceived and did it truly.'' Joel Benton, ''Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum , Chapter 17.

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