«التعريف قد يكون حقيقياً كما ذكرنا، وقد يكون لفظياً»
Definition may be real, as already discussed, or it may be verbal.
A real definition aims to convey what the thing is or how it is properly identified, rather than merely replace one word with another. The four forms of hadd and rasm belong to that discussion.
A verbal definition instead explains the meaning of an expression. An unfamiliar word is clarified by a more familiar or more intelligible one.