Comment vs. Mention — What's the Difference?

A verbal or written remark expressing an opinion or reaction

To speak or write about, especially briefly or incidentally

Express an opinion or reaction in speech or writing

The act or an instance of mentioning something

A written note intended as an explanation, illustration, or criticism of a passage in a book or other writing; an annotation.

A statement or citation of honor or appreciation

A series of annotations or explanations.

A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.

A statement of fact or opinion, especially a remark that expresses a personal reaction or attitude.

A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.

An implied conclusion or judgment

To make a short reference to something.

Talk; gossip

To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

(Computers) A string of text in a program that does not function in the program itself but is used by the programmer to explain instructions.

A speaking or notice of anything, - usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

(Linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides new information about the topic. Also called rheme.

To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.

To make a comment; remark.

A remark that calls attention to something or someone;

To serve as a judgmental commentary

A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;

To make comments on; annotate.

An official recognition of merit;

A spoken or written remark.

Make reference to;

(uncountable) The act of commenting.

Make mention of;

(linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

Commend;

(programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.

(transitive) To remark.

To make remarks or notes.

To comment or remark on.

To insert comments into (source code).

To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; - often followed by on or upon.

To comment on.

A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk.

A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition.

A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief;

A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material;

A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;

Make or write a comment on;

Explain or interpret something

Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases;