narration vs telling
telling vs narrationnarration and telling both are nouns.
narration is not an adjective while telling is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| narration | Yes | No | No | No |
| telling | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
telling is a hyponym of
narration; that is, telling is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
narration:
- narration: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
- telling: an act of narration
Other hyponyms of narration include
recounting, relation.
| narration (noun) | telling (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events | informing by words |
| a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program | an act of narration |
| (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth | disclosing information or giving evidence about another |
| narration (adjective) | telling (adjective) |
|---|---|
| producing a strong effect | |
| disclosing unintentionally something concealed | |
| powerfully persuasive |
Words related to "narration"
- Canterbury Tales
- account
- body
- close
- closing
- conclusion
- content
- end
- ending
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- fairytale
- folk tale
- folktale
- introduction
- message
- narrate
- narrative
- nursery rhyme
- recital
- recounting
- relation
- report
- rhetoric
- section
- sob story
- sob stuff
- story
- subdivision
- subject matter
- substance
- tale
- tall tale
- tearjerker
- telling
- yarn
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