Explanation vs Expression - What's the difference?
explanation | expression |
The act or process of explaining.
Something that explains, makes understandable.
(euphemistic) An excuse, apologetic justification not based on enough evidence.
A particular way of phrasing an idea.
A colloquialism or idiom.
A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=9 (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
(biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
(programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
As nouns the difference between explanation and expression
is that explanation is the act or process of explaining while expression is a particular way of phrasing an idea.explanation
English
(wikipedia explanation)Noun
(en noun)- The explanation was long and drawn-out.
- An explanation for each UFO sighting was easily found.
- expense.
Synonyms
* (act or process of explaining) clarification, elucidation, elaborationExternal links
* *expression
English
(wikipedia expression)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}