Amendation vs. Emendation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Amendation and Emendation
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Amendation
(US) The result of making an amendment to a document etc; an amendment
Emendation
The act of emending.
Emendation
An alteration intended to improve
The editor's textual emendations.
Emendation
(uncountable) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
Emendation
(countable) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
The book might be improved by judicious emendations.
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Emendation
An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.
The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα.
Emendation
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
Emendation
Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.
Emendation
A correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing
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