Portrayal vs Presentation - What's the difference?
portrayal | presentation |
The act of portraying.
The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
* 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
* 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste
The act of presenting, or something presented
* Hooker
A dramatic performance
An award given to someone on a special occasion
A lecture or speech given in front of an audience
(medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."
(medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
(fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
(mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
* Blackstone
As nouns the difference between portrayal and presentation
is that portrayal is the act of portraying while presentation is the act of presenting.portrayal
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Noun
(en noun)- He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...
- For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.
presentation
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia presentation) (en noun)- Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.
- If the bishop admits the patron's presentation , the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.