Editing Paraphrase (section)

{{short description|Restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words}}
{{other uses|Paraphrase (disambiguation)}}

A '''paraphrase''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ær|ə|ˌ|f|r|eɪ|z}}) or '''rephrase''' is the rendering of the same text in different words without losing the meaning of the text itself.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Stewart |first=Donald |date=1971 |title=Metaphor and Paraphrase |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40236756 |journal=Philosophy & Rhetoric |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=111–123 |jstor=40236756 |issn=0031-8213}}</ref> More often than not, a paraphrased text can convey its meaning better than the original words. In other words, it is a copy of the text in meaning, but which is different from the original. For example, when someone tells a story they heard, in their own words, they paraphrase, with the meaning being the same.<ref name=":0" /> The term itself is derived via [[Latin]] ''{{wikt-lang|la|paraphrasis}}'', {{etymology|grc|''{{wikt-lang|grc|παράφρασις}}'' ({{grc-transl|παράφρασις}})|additional manner of expression}}. The act of paraphrasing is also called ''paraphrasis''.