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Sasha
Professional TeacherIs it OK to write 'a chart' while describing a table?
Dec 6, 2021 12:08 PM
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Yes. A "table" specifically means something laid out in "tabular form" in rows and columns. A "chart" is a very broad term for almost any visual presentation of information that is not just a written stream of words.
The primary meaning of the word "chart" is a nautical map. Because a navigator uses a chart to "chart a course," "chart" tends to carry the idea of "planning or guide future actions." But one actual definition of "chart" in a dictionary, the third meaning listed, is "A sheet presenting information in the form of graphs or tables."
December 6, 2021
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A table is a table.
A graph is graph.
A pie-chart is a pie-chart.
A map is a map.
There is no real point in trying to change vocab you are only going to use once or twice.
December 6, 2021
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Yes, you could call it a chart. You could also refer to it as a table.
December 6, 2021
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