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Telling vs Showing - What's the difference?

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Telling is a related term of showing.


As verbs the difference between telling and showing

is that telling is while showing is .

As nouns the difference between telling and showing

is that telling is the act of narration while showing is an occasion when something is shown.

As an adjective telling

is having force.

telling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having force
  • revealing information
  • * '>citation
  • serving to convince

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of narration.
  • The disclosure of information.
  • (archaic) Counting, numbering.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    showing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An occasion when something is shown.
    • We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
  • A result, a judgement.
    • He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.