Meaning vs. Interpretation — What's the Difference?

What is meant by a word, text, concept, or action

The act or process of interpreting.

Intended to communicate something that is not directly expressed

A result of interpreting.

The denotation, referent, or idea associated with a word or phrase

An explanation or conceptualization by a critic of a work of literature, painting, music, or other art form; an exegesis.

Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance

A performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music, or role; a rendering.

An interpreted goal, intent, or end

(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.

A sense of importance or purpose

(countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.

Disposed or intended in a specified manner. Often used in combination

The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).

Full of meaning; expressive

(uncountable) The power of explaining.

(of words, expressions or symbols)

(countable) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.

(countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.

An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.

The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.

An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.

(of a person's actions) Intention.

Heritage interpretation

Present participle of mean

The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.

Having a (specified) intention.

The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.

The power or explaining.

That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent.

An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sense; import; as, the meaning of a hint.

The act or process of applying general principles or formulæ to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

Sense; power of thinking.

A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

The message that is intended or expressed or signified;

The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance;

The idea that is intended;

An explanation that results from interpreting something;

Rich in significance or implication;

An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious;