different between description vs enumeration
description
English
Etymology
From Old French description, from Latin d?scr?pti?, noun of action of d?scr?b? (“I describe”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sk??p??n/
Noun
description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
Synonyms
- (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety
Derived terms
Related terms
- describe
- descriptive
Translations
See also
- prescription
- descriptivism
Further reading
- description in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- description in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- synopsis
- interpretation
Anagrams
- discerption, predictions
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?scripti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.k?ip.sj??/
- Homophone: descriptions
Noun
description f (plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- décrire
- descriptif
Further reading
- “description” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin d?scripti?.
Noun
description f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- descrivre
description From the web:
- what description mean
- what description of joint tenancy is best
- what description explains how pollen is received
- what description best defines a confederation
- what description of salt is a chemical property
- what description refers to fog
- what description of the music of debussy is accurate
- what descriptions of the government deficit is incorrect
enumeration
English
Etymology
From Middle French énumération.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
enumeration (plural enumerations)
- The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
- A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
- A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
- (programming) A data type that allows variables to have any of a predefined set of values.
Synonyms
- (act of enumerating): numbering, telling; see also Thesaurus:counting
- (set of named constants): enum
Related terms
- enumerate
Translations
Anagrams
- mountaineer
enumeration From the web:
- what enumerations does ginsberg list
- what enumeration in java
- what enumeration means
- what enumeration district was in 1940
- what enumeration method
- what's enumeration in german
- what enumeration type
- what does enumeration mean
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