Quotation vs Rating - What's the difference?
quotation | rating |
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated exactly by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted.
The act of naming a price; the price that has been quoted.
A position on a scale
An evaluation of status, especially of financial status
A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
(nautical) A seaman in a warship
*2014 , BBC News,
*:Some 400 Russian ratings are living in the western French port, awaiting delivery of their controversial new command-and-control ship, the Vladivostok.
(nautical) The status of a seaman, corresponding to rank in officers.
* In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are:- ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer
As nouns the difference between quotation and rating
is that quotation is a fragment of a human expression that is repeated exactly by somebody else most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc, may be quoted while rating is a position on a scale.As a verb rating is
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English
(wikipedia quotation)Noun
(en noun)- "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
- Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.
Synonyms
* quote * citationDerived terms
* quotation mark * RFQ (request for quotation)rating
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- They have a poor credit rating .
- He has a high chess rating .
Huge Russian warship fascinates French in Saint-Nazaire