what is the difference between a bibliography and a footnote?

Answer 1

A footnote can be anything that expands on something occurring in the body of the work but is not strictly part of the work - eg an english translation of a foreign phrase, an off topic reference such as "discovered by the author while cleaning his shoes", or a reference to a source document.

A bibliography is one or more references to source documents. So if there were one footnote and it was the only reference to a source document then it would also be the bibliography. But this is not likely.

Generally there is more than one reference in most works. This may take the form of a list at the back, a series of footnotes, or bracketed insertions in the text. Whatever form is used, the collection of references is the bibliography.

Answer 2

A bibliography is a list of all the sources that you used in a paper or other work. A footnote is a reference to one of those sources.

Answer 3

A bibliography is a listing of one's sources, as in author, title, date of publication and publisher. It is an alphabetical list that is added at the end of a book, essay, term paper, etc. A footnote is a citation at the bottom of a page within the body of the work. Footnotes usually are numbered and contain the author's name and the date of publication, as well as any page numbers if it is a direct quotation.

Answer 4

A bibliography is a list of sources used by the author.

A footnote can be either additional information on the text, or the source of the citation.

Answer 5

A footnote is normally flagged by a superscript number following that portion of ... text to be seen while a bibliography cites sources for an essay or research paper

Answer 6

A bibliography is a list of sources used and a footnote is where one cites the source of an idea or a quotation.