side note
Tangential comment added
A side note is a comment that departs from the main topic—an aside or tangential observation: As a side note, the restaurant we went to afterward was terrible.
The term suggests the remark is secondary but worth mentioning.
In documents, side notes are literally annotations placed in margins.
Statement making something clear
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- backgroundOne's formative experiences
- detailSingle small element
nuance · qualification · caveat · proviso · addendum · supplement · expansion · amplification
Added explanatory comment
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- glossShine or annotation
- notationSystem of written symbols
- jottingWriting briefly
scribble · postscript · comment · memo · appendix · endnote · reference · asterisk
Line touching curve once
- parentheticalSet off by punctuation
- interjectionEmotional outcry word class
- excursusExtended tangential passage
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
deviation · diversion · off-topic · meandering · rambling · discursive · incidental · peripheral
Introducing a tangent
- parentheticallyAs an inserted aside
- off-the-recordNot for attribution
- confidentiallyIn trusted privacy
- whisperSpeech without full voice
Attentive watching or remark
- commentBrief stated opinion
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- opinionSubjective personal belief
point · mention · utterance · statement · quip · interjection
explanation
Statement making something clear
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- backgroundOne's formative experiences
detail · nuance · qualification · caveat · proviso · addendum · supplement · expansion · amplification · subtext
annotation
Added explanatory comment
jotting · scribble · postscript · comment · memo · appendix · endnote · reference · asterisk · bracket
tangent
Line touching curve once
- parentheticalSet off by punctuation
- interjectionEmotional outcry word class
- excursusExtended tangential passage
detour · deviation · diversion · off-topic · meandering · rambling · discursive · incidental · peripheral · divergence
incidentally
Introducing a tangent
- parentheticallyAs an inserted aside
- off-the-recordNot for attribution
- confidentiallyIn trusted privacy
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- commentBrief stated opinion
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- reflectionReturned light or thought
opinion · point · mention · utterance · statement · quip · interjection
- notesmemo, reminder, to-do list, memo pad, scratch pad
- asidesdigression, tangent, sidenote, parenthetical, interjection
- digressionsdigression, tangent, detour, ramble, wander
- triviatrivia, facts, quiz, anecdotes, trivia night
- distractionsdistraction, digression, tangent, diversion, detour
- extrasextra, add-ons, add-on, extras, addition
side notemain point
Essential takeaway of something
thesis · key point · crux · core message · focal point
side notebody text
Document's main prose
headline · lead · centerpiece · highlight
note, side, beside, besides, aside, sidewalk, sideways, sidekick, sidestep