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Difference between \"caption\" and \"legend\"

10:51 Sep 16, 2016
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Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software
Portuguese term or phrase: Difference between \"caption\" and \"legend\"
MS Lang Portal seems to indicate that those fields with captions where colors or patterns specify a certain field in graphs are "legends".

Indeed Powerpoint and Excel seems to use "Legend" for this concept, but maybe because Portuguese uses "Legenda" for "caption", "legend" and even "subtitle" (in the field of AV), I'm more inclined to using "caption".

They seem to be very close synonyms, does anyone else have this problem or can anyone offer a good distinction between the two?
Tiago Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 23:40


Summary of answers provided
4 +3I would use the word 'key'
Douglas Bissell


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
I would use the word 'key'


Explanation:
But that's just me

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor: legend - key yes
6 mins
  -> thanks Nick
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
1 hr
  -> thanks Paulinho
agree  Mario Freitas: Key for the color or pattern "legenda" and caption for text under images.
8 hrs
  -> thanks Mario
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