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Reviews vs Commentary - What's the difference?

reviews | commentary |

As nouns the difference between reviews and commentary

is that reviews is while commentary is a series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

As a verb reviews

is (review).

reviews

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (review)

    • Anagrams

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    commentary

    English

    (wikipedia commentary) (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (commentaries)
  • A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
    • This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary . -(Henry Hallam).
  • A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
  • An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.

    • Derived terms

    * audio commentary * commentary track * DVD commentary * political commentary * social commentary * supercommentary

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