Verbatim vs. Paraphrase — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Verbatim and Paraphrase
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Verbatim
Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word
A verbatim report of the conversation.
Paraphrase
A paraphrase is a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words. The term itself is derived via Latin paraphrasis from Greek παράφρασις 'additional manner of expression'.
Verbatim
In exactly the same words; word for word
Repeated their dialogue verbatim.
Paraphrase
Express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity
You can either quote or paraphrase literary texts
Verbatim
Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
I have copied his speech verbatim, so this is exactly what he said, word for word.
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Paraphrase
A rewording of something written or spoken
It is characteristic of poetic metaphors that they are not susceptible to paraphrase
Scattered here and there in the text are frank paraphrases of lines from Virgil, Cicero, and Quintilian
Verbatim
(obsolete) Orally; verbally.
Paraphrase
A restatement of a text or passage in another form or other words, often to clarify meaning.
Verbatim
(of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word.
Paraphrase
The restatement of texts in other words as a studying or teaching device.
Verbatim
(of a person) Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
Paraphrase
The adaptation or alteration of a text or quotation to serve a different purpose from that of the original.
Verbatim
A word-for-word report of a speech.
Paraphrase
To restate using different words, especially to clarify.
Verbatim
Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.
Paraphrase
To adapt or alter (a text or quotation) to serve a different purpose from that of the original
"It's tempting to paraphrase an environmental slogan and say, 'Think globally, pray locally'" (Christian Science Monitor).
Verbatim
In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;
A direct quotation
Repeated their dialog verbatim
Paraphrase
To compose a paraphrase.
Verbatim
Using exactly the same words;
He repeated her remarks verbatim
Paraphrase
A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.
Paraphrase
(Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.
Paraphrase
(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.
Paraphrase
A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; - opposed to metaphrase.
In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so strictly followed as his sense.
Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David.
His sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice.
The Targums are also called the Chaldaic or Aramaic Paraphrases.
Paraphrase
To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.
We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words.
Paraphrase
To make a paraphrase.
Paraphrase
Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Paraphrase
Express the same message in different words
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