Retention vs Misunderstanding - What's the difference?
retention | misunderstanding |
The act of retaining or something retained
* 1599 , , II. iv. 95:
The act or power of remembering things
A memory; what is retained in the mind
(medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
(obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
(obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
* 1599 , , V. i. 79:
(obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
(legal) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
A mistake as to the meaning of something; erroneous interpretation; misconception.
A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
As nouns the difference between retention and misunderstanding
is that retention is retention while misunderstanding is a mistake as to the meaning of something; erroneous interpretation; misconception .As a verb misunderstanding is
.retention
English
(wikipedia retention)Noun
(en noun)- No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention .
- (Shakespeare)
- His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,
- (Erskine)
- (Craig)
