Commentate vs. Comment

Commentateverb

(intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event.

‘For the radio audience he will commentate on the match.’;

Commentnoun

A spoken or written remark.

‘I have no comment on that.’; ‘Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay.’;

Commentateverb

To write comments or notes upon; to make comments.

‘Commentate upon it, and return it enriched.’;

Commentnoun

(programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.

Commentateverb

make a commentary on

Commentverb

(transitive) To remark.

Commentateverb

serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting

Commentverb

To make remarks or notes.

Commentateverb

report on an event as it occurs, especially for a news or sports broadcast; provide a commentary

‘they commentate on live Monday matches’;

Commentverb

To comment or remark on.

Commentverb

To insert comments into (source code).

‘I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked.’;

Commentverb

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

Commentverb

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.

‘A physician to comment on your malady.’; ‘Critics . . . proceed to comment on him.’; ‘I must translate and comment.’;

Commentverb

To comment on.

Commentnoun

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

‘Their lavish comment when her name was named.’;

Commentnoun

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

‘All the volumes of philosophy,With all their comments.’;

Commentnoun

a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief;

‘from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account’;

Commentnoun

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

‘he wrote an extended comment on the proposal’;

Commentnoun

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

‘the divorce caused much gossip’;

Commentverb

make or write a comment on;

‘he commented the paper of his colleague’;

Commentverb

explain or interpret something

Commentverb

provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases;

‘He annotated on what his teacher had written’;

Commentnoun

a verbal or written remark expressing an opinion or reaction

‘the plans were sent to the council for comment’; ‘you asked for comments on the new proposals’;

Commentnoun

discussion, especially of a critical nature, of an issue or event

‘the exhibition has aroused comment’;

Commentnoun

an indirect expression of the views of the writer of a play, book, film, etc.

‘she denies that the film is a comment on the perils of celebrity’;

Commentnoun

an explanatory note in a book or other written text

‘additional notes and comments’;

Commentnoun

a written explanation or commentary.

Commentnoun

a piece of text placed within a program to help other users to understand it, which the computer ignores when running the program.

Commentverb

express an opinion or reaction in speech or writing

‘teachers commented that children of all abilities would benefit’; ‘‘She's an independent soul,’ he commented’; ‘the company would not comment on the venture’;

Commentverb

place a piece of explanatory text within (a program) to assist other users

‘the only way to solve the problem is to code for the hardware directly—just make sure that it's clearly commented’;

Commentverb

turn (part of a program) into a comment so that the computer ignores it when running the program

‘you could try commenting out that line’;