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Sentence vs Document - What's the difference?

sentence | document |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between sentence and document

is that sentence is (obsolete) to utter sententiously while document is (obsolete) an example for instruction or warning.

As nouns the difference between sentence and document

is that sentence is (obsolete) sense; meaning; significance while document is an original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.

As verbs the difference between sentence and document

is that sentence is to declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment while document is to record in documents.

sentence

English

(wikipedia sentence)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.
  • * Milton
    • The discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence .
  • (obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking.
  • * Milton
    • My sentence is for open war.
  • * Atterbury
    • By them [Luther's works] we may pass sentence upon his doctrines.
  • (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
    • The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.
  • The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
    • The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous cattle rustler.
  • * 1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,
    • The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence .
  • A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
  • (obsolete) A saying, especially form a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.
  • *, I.40:
  • *:Men (saith an ancient Greek sentence ) are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not by things themselves.
    • (Broome)
  • (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
    • The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard.
  • (logic) A formula with no free variables.
  • (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.

    • Synonyms

    * verdict * conviction

    Hypernyms

    * (logic) formula

    Related terms

    * sentential

    Verb

  • To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.
    • The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine.
  • * Dryden
    • Nature herself is sentenced in your doom.
  • * 1900', , Chapter I,
    • The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.
  • (obsolete) To decree or announce as a sentence.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To utter sententiously.
    • (Feltham)

    External links

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    document

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia document) (en noun)
  • An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support. Any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.
  • * Paley
    • Saint Luke judged to be authentic.
  • (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
  • * I. Watts
    • Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time.
  • (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • They were forthwith stoned to death, as a document to others.

    Derived terms

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    Related terms

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To record in documents.
    • He documented each step of the process as he did it, which was good when the investigation occurred.
  • To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.
    • A ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

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