Article vs. Document — What's the Difference?

A particular item or object

A document is a written, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The word originates from the Latin Documentum, which denotes a "teaching" or "lesson": the verb doceō denotes "to teach".

A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication

A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

A separate clause or paragraph of a legal document or agreement, typically one outlining a single rule or regulation

Record (something) in written, photographic, or other form

A period of training with a firm as a solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant

A written or printed paper that bears the original, official, or legal form of something and can be used to furnish decisive evidence or information.

The definite or indefinite article.

Something, such as a recording or a photograph, that can be used to furnish evidence or information.

Bind (a trainee solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant) to undergo a period of training with a firm in order to become qualified

A writing that contains information.

An individual thing or element of a class; a particular object or item

(Computers) A piece of work created with an application, as with a word processor.

A particular section or item of a series in a written document, as in a contract, constitution, or treaty.

(Computers) A computer file that is not an executable file and contains data for use by applications.

A nonfictional literary composition that forms an independent part of a publication, as of a newspaper or magazine.

Something, especially a material substance such as a coin bearing a revealing symbol or mark, that serves as proof or evidence.

The part of speech used to indicate nouns and to specify their application.

To furnish with a document or documents.

Any of the words belonging to this part of speech. In English, the indefinite articles are a and an and the definite article is the.

To methodically record the details of

A particular part or subject; a specific matter or point.

To support (an assertion or claim, for example) with evidence or decisive information.

To bind by articles set forth in a contract, such as one of apprenticeship.

To support (statements in a book, for example) with written references or citations; annotate.

A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

An object, a member of a group or class.

Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.

(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).

(computing) A file that contains text.

A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.

(obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

A genuine article.

(obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.

A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.

To record in documents.

A person; an individual.

To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

(archaic) A wench.

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

(dated) Subject matter; concern.

An example for instruction or warning.

(dated) A distinct part.

An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; - in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.

(obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.

To teach; to school.

(transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.

To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

(obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.

Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

Anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.

A written account of ownership or obligation

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using 7-bit ASCII characters

Subject; matter; concern; distinct.

Record in detail;

A distinct part.

Support or supply with references;

A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.

Precise point of time; moment.

One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.

One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

One of a class of artifacts;

A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

Bind by a contract; especially for a training period