Recording vs. Record — What's the Difference?

The act of capturing audio or visuals onto a storage medium.

To capture sound, images, or data as a permanent file.

A digital file or other medium where sounds or images have been stored.

An official document that maintains information or data.

The process of documenting events or data in real time.

A vinyl disc that plays audio recordings.

Equipment used for capturing sound or images.

To make a note of something for future reference.

The result of a recording session.

A historical document or artifact.

Something on which sound or visual images have been recorded.

To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form

A recorded sound or picture.

To register or indicate

Present participle of record

To render (sound or images) into permanent form for reproduction in a magnetic or electronic medium.

The act of storing sound, video, etc., in a permanent medium.

To record the words, sound, appearance, or performance of (someone or something)

A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium.

To record something.

The act of registering for something; registration.

An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.

Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; - applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph.

Something on which such an account is based.

Signal encoding something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded

Something that records

The act of making a record (especially an audio record);

Information or data on a particular subject collected and preserved

A storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded

The known history of performance, activities, or achievement

An unsurpassed measurement

(Computers) A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit.

(Law) A transcript or a collection of statements and related information reporting the proceedings of a legislative body, a court, or an executive.

A disk designed to be played on a phonograph.

A musical recording that is issued on a medium of some kind.

An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.

Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.

(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

(programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C# and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.

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The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

(attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; extreme.

(transitive) To make a record of information.

(transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.

To give legal status to by making an official public record.

(intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.

(intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.

To repeat; to practice.

To sing or repeat a tune.

(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.

To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events.

To reflect; to ponder.

To sing or repeat a tune.

A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.

An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.

Testimony; witness; attestation.

That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.

That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.

That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.

Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events;

The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had;

An extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport);

Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves

The sum of recognized accomplishments;

A list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted;

A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone;

A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction;

Make a record of; set down in permanent form

Register electronically;

Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;

Be aware of;

Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event;

"Recording" is more common in contexts specifically related to capturing audio or video.

"Recording" specifically refers to the process or result of capturing data, particularly audio or visual, while "record" can be the act of recording or the result itself in various formats.

Yes, "record" is also used to denote achievements, as in setting a new record in sports.

They can be context-dependent but generally are not interchangeable as "recording" is more specific, while "record" has broader uses.

In music, "recording" refers to the creation of music tracks, while "record" could mean the physical medium (vinyl) or the act of creating a recording.

"Recording" is often used in more technical or media-related contexts, while "record" spans from everyday use to formal documentation.

In legal contexts, "record" refers to the official documentation of events, transactions, or personal details.

Technology tends to expand the use of "recording" in various formats (digital, etc.), while maintaining the traditional uses of "record."

In education, "record" is essential for maintaining student records and documentation of academic progress.

"Record" would be used to describe a written account of a meeting, emphasizing its role as an official document.

"Record" is preferred for its implications of permanence and authenticity in historical documentation.

A common misunderstanding is that "recording" can only mean audio; however, it also applies to video and other data types.

Both terms are crucial in data security, with "recording" often related to surveillance and "record" to data storage and management.

Both can impact privacy, especially concerning unauthorized recording and the management of personal records.

"Recording" is more frequently used in discussions about technology, especially in terms of new recording equipment and software.