Recording vs. Reporting — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Recording and Reporting
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Definitions
Recording
Something on which sound or visual images have been recorded.
Reporting
A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group
A company's annual report.
Recording
A recorded sound or picture.
Reporting
A spoken or written account of an event, usually presented in detail
A news report.
Reports of children getting food poisoning.
Recording
Present participle of record
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Reporting
A person who is accountable or subordinate to another person within a company or organization
A manager with two reports.
Recording
The act of storing sound, video, etc., in a permanent medium.
The one-party consent law permits the recording of telephone calls with the consent of at least one of the parties.
Reporting
Reports(Law) Bound volumes containing the published court opinions in legal cases, intended to provide a reference for precedents in subsequent cases.
Recording
A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium.
I made a recording of the TV show so that I could watch it later.
Reporting
Reputation; repute
We know him only by report.
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Recording
The act of registering for something; registration.
Reporting
(Archaic) Common talk; rumor or gossip.
Recording
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.
Reporting
An explosive noise
The report of a rifle.
Recording
Signal encoding something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded
Reporting
To make or present an official or formal account of
The study reported a decline in heart disease. The audit reports that the company lost money.
Recording
The act of making a record (especially an audio record);
She watched the recording from a sound-proof booth
Reporting
To write or provide an account or summation of for publication or broadcast
Report the news.
Recording
A storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded
Reporting
To tell about the presence or occurrence of
A burglar was reported in the area.
Reporting
To relate or tell, especially from personal experience
They reported that fallen tree limbs were blocking the road.
Reporting
To submit or relate the results of considerations concerning
The committee reported the bill.
Reporting
To carry back and repeat to another
Reported the rumor of a strike.
Reporting
To complain about or denounce
Reported the students to the principal.
Reporting
To make a report
Would you please report on what happened?.
Reporting
To serve as a reporter for a publication, broadcasting company, or other news media.
Reporting
To present oneself
Report for duty.
Reporting
To be accountable or subordinate to someone
She reports directly to the board of directors.
Reporting
The creation of reports, as for a business or a journal.
Reporting
Present participle of report
Reporting
The news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television;
They accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations