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Recital vs Description - What's the difference?

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Recital is a related term of description.


As nouns the difference between recital and description

is that recital is recital while description is a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

recital

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal
  • The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.
  • That which is recited; a story, narration, account.
  • A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.
  • (legal) A formal, preliminary statement in a deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded, prior to a positive allegation.
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    description

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
  • The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
  • A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
  • (biology) A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
  • The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.

    Synonyms

    * (characteristics) sort, kind, type, variety

    See also

    * synopsis * interpretation

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