Expression
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A particular way of phrasing an idea. A colloquialism or idiom. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion. An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols. The process of translating a gene into a protein. A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value. Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
Example sentence: A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.
Saying
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To pronounce.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A proverb or maxim; something often said.
Example sentence: Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.