Footnote vs Endnote
Footnote and endnote are both series of helpful texts an author may use. Usually, they are added to put clarifications on the information provided. Sometimes they are placed to let the author insert his or her personal thoughts on the matter.
Footnote
Footnotes as what its name implies are the strings or series of texts placed at the bottom of the page. To guide the readers, the author can add a number in its superscript form after the portion. Doing so tells the readers that the author has added the reference, or maybe his or her thought on the matter at the bottom of the page.
Endnote
Endnotes on the other hand, adds the string of texts at the end of chapter, that is if what the author writing is a book or at a different page if it is an article or a document. Endnotes are written in a separate sheet. The good things about endnotes are the visual looks of the document won’t be affected and will look clean.
Difference between Footnote and Endnote
Footnotes and endnotes has been a helpful tool to both authors and readers. Not only are professional writers are using them but even students. When using footnotes, the reader can see the reference right away at the bottom of the page, but with endnotes they need to finish reading the document or chapter or sometimes the book before seeing the additional notes. Or the reader will have to endure flipping through the pages numerous times to see the references. But the endnotes give the author a cleaner article, without the superscripted numbers after certain words.
The choice between which one to use is in the hands of the author. However it is important to really think about it. One has to consider convenience for both parties though, the authors and, of course, their reader.
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In brief: • Footnotes are found at the bottom of the page while endnotes are found at the end of the document or chapter if it’s a book. • Numbers in superscripted form are used to refer to footnotes; endnotes won’t need that. |