Transcription vs Description - What's the difference?
transcription | description |
The act or process of transcribing.
Something that has been transcribed, including:
# (music) An adaptation of a composition.
# A recorded radio or television programme.
# (linguistics) A representation of speech sounds as phonetic symbols.
(genetics) The synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA.
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.
(biology) A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
As nouns the difference between transcription and description
is that transcription is the act or process of transcribing while description is 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.transcription
English
(wikipedia transcription)Noun
(en noun)- These interludes frequently include transcriptions of Italian folk songs.
description
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(wikipedia description)Noun
(en noun)- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.