What's the difference between commentary and note?

Commentary


Definition:

  • (v. i.) A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work.
  • (v. i.) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It also devalues the courage of real whistleblowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountable.” McCain added: “It is a sad, yet perhaps fitting commentary on President Obama’s failed national security policies that he would commute the sentence of an individual that endangered the lives of American troops, diplomats, and intelligence sources by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, a virulently anti-American organisation that was a tool of Russia’s recent interference in our elections.” WikiLeaks last year published emails hacked from the accounts of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s election campaign.
  • (2) A team of 16 guides has been hired and trained to give a running commentary on their every move.
  • (3) This investigation presents a commentary about two researches locating the terminal hing axis (THA) in totally edentulous people determined through the guided and not guided methods with chin compression.
  • (4) Every story evolves with the speed of fact, not commentary or speculation.” In the case of MH17, Storyful published a blog outlining the key steps it took in verifying the information it gathered from social media, including searching through Twitter posts associated with the Donetsk People’s Republic – many of them since deleted – looking for historical references to surface-to-air missile systems, geolocating YouTube videos purporting to show the missile system in eastern Ukraine prior to the crash and verifying videos from the crash site.
  • (5) The use of phenylpropanolamine (PPA) as an anorectic has provoked commentary and disagreement.
  • (6) In 2 commentaries on the theorists' answers, Hinde highlights differences among their positions and indicates issues that current theories of temperament must take into consideration, and McCall draws on common aspects to propose a synthesizing definition that draws on all 4 approaches.
  • (7) Updated at 7.54pm GMT 7.34pm GMT The Guardian’s Alan Yuhas has a roundup of recommended commentary and analysis on the situation in Ukraine.
  • (8) "I am not going to give a running commentary on different people's tax affairs.
  • (9) Comment is perfectly legitimate, but the sneering, supercilious, specious and dismissive contributions masquerading as ‘commentary’ belittle the claims of a ‘quality’ paper.” Before attempting to assess the validity of the reader’s analysis – broadly shared by some other readers – I think his email reflects one or two other interesting aspects of the demographics of the Guardian’s readership and the left.
  • (10) As the Nuffield Trust remarked in its commentary, this effectively gives the secretary of state "the ability to undertake large-scale reconfiguration".
  • (11) In this second article in the twice-yearly Aids Commentary series the author describes how to diagnose this new condition, and the treatments that are available.
  • (12) Since his death on 21 April 1910, Twain's writings have reportedly inspired more commentary than those of any other American author and have been translated into at least 72 languages.
  • (13) What the results do contain is further and clearer guidance and commentary.
  • (14) Experience with specific injuries is reviewed with commentary on surgical access to difficult areas including the thoracic outlet, suprarenal aorta and inferior vena cava.
  • (15) The commentary acknowledges the value of the American-designed peer counseling and leadership training and suggests that international (PCLT) program implementation might be considered.
  • (16) ITV's coverage of the FA Cup later this month, for example, will hear fans' views of the game and armchair commentaries via AudioBoo on their mobile phones.
  • (17) Merkel avoided any direct response to the Abbott remarks, but in general commentary about the current flow of refugees, she said right now, the narrow sea lane between Turkey and Greece was under the control of smugglers and traffickers, and this was “unacceptable”.
  • (18) Premier League referee Mark Halsey will join in a "brand new role" in the commentary team working across all of BT's football coverage.
  • (19) I think it was just excited commentary, and it sounds like people are trying to get a lot out the door in terms of Christmas purchases of books.” On Monday morning, Morrison insisted the phone call was of “no consequence” and that linking it with the September spill amounted to “tin foil hat conspiracies”.
  • (20) Commentary and update: X-ray diagnosis, gastric analysis, and endoscopic biopsy cytology; dietary therapy, antacids, and anticholinergics.

Note


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To butt; to push with the horns.
  • () Know not; knows not.
  • (n.) Nut.
  • (n.) Need; needful business.
  • (n.) A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
  • (n.) A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
  • (n.) A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
  • (n.) A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
  • (n.) Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.
  • (n.) A short informal letter; a billet.
  • (n.) A diplomatic missive or written communication.
  • (n.) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
  • (n.) A list of items or of charges; an account.
  • (n.) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:
  • (n.) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
  • (n.) A key of the piano or organ.
  • (n.) Observation; notice; heed.
  • (n.) Notification; information; intelligence.
  • (n.) State of being under observation.
  • (n.) Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.
  • (n.) Stigma; brand; reproach.
  • (n.) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.
  • (n.) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
  • (n.) To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.
  • (n.) To denote; to designate.
  • (n.) To annotate.
  • (n.) To set down in musical characters.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
  • (2) Clonal abnormalities involving chromosomes 3 and 21 were noted in two patients.
  • (3) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
  • (4) Between 22 HLA-identical siblings and 16 two-haplotype different siblings, a significant difference in concordance of reactions for the B-cell groups was noted.
  • (5) The Independent noted that one of the female protagonists yelled "You c***!"
  • (6) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
  • (7) The results also indicate that small lesions initially noted only on CT scans of the chest in children with Wilms' tumor frequently represent metastatic tumor.
  • (8) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
  • (9) When the posterior capsule was sectioned, no significant changes were noted in the severity of the sag or the rotation.
  • (10) No differences in cardiac output were noted in surviving animals.
  • (11) They also note surveys that show British voters becoming more Eurosceptic, not less.
  • (12) Women seldom occupy higher positions in a [criminal] organisation, and are rather used for menial, but often dangerous tasks ,” it notes.
  • (13) It should be noted that about a half of the plasmids (11 out of 21) belonged to the incompatibility group P-7 which up to the present time was conditional, since was represented by a single plasmid Rms 148.
  • (14) Mild, significant improvement was noted in one of the hearing components, "attenuation," and an adverse effect was shown on "distortion," owing to noise.
  • (15) On HRCT, sequential changes from early edema to development of emphysema were noted.
  • (16) Valve-related complications were noted in four patients.
  • (17) Type I and Type II mast-cell degranulation was noted but was not universal.
  • (18) Cas reduced it further to four, but the decision effectively ends Platini’s career as a football administrator because – as he pointedly noted – it rules him out of standing for the Fifa presidency in 2019.
  • (19) It can also solve a lot of problems – period.” However, Trump did not support making the officer-worn video cameras mandatory across the country, as the Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has done , noting “different police departments feel different ways”.
  • (20) It has been noted before that Campbell is rather an effective operator.