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Recording vs Recordation - What's the difference?

recording | recordation |

As nouns the difference between recording and recordation

is that recording is a reproduction of sound and/or video, stored in a permanent medium while recordation is the act of giving legal status to a document by making it an official public record.

As a verb recording

is present participle of lang=en.

recording

English

Verb

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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

    Noun

    (wikipedia recording) (en noun)
  • A reproduction of sound and/or video, stored in a permanent medium.
    • I made a recording of the show.

    Anagrams

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    recordation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) The act of giving legal status to a document by making it an official public record.
    • Recordation by the Administrator of transfers of allowances shall amend automatically all applicable proposed or approved permit applications, compliance plans and permits. [42 U.S.C. 7651g]