Represent vs Presentation - What's the difference?
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To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
To portray by pictorial or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
(Webster 1913)
The act of presenting, or something presented
* Hooker
A dramatic performance
An award given to someone on a special occasion
A lecture or speech given in front of an audience
(medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."
(medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
(fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
(mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
* Blackstone
As a verb represent
is to present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.As a noun presentation is
the act of presenting, or something presented.represent
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(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(en verb)- He represented that he was investigating for the police department.
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* (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia presentation) (en noun)- Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.
- If the bishop admits the patron's presentation , the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.