digression vs marginal note

digression

noun
  • An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing. 

  • The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect. 

  • An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path. 

marginal note

noun
  • A note in the margin of a document. 

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