Definition vs. Explanation

What was most interesting about what we read in chapter 2 of our text book was the idea of definition vs. explanation. I had never really thought about the difference between the two, but as I think about it the two really are different. I used to think about a definition as an explanation of something, but a definition really just defines the guidelines. An explanation is a lot more broad than a definition, it allows for more creativity when describing the word. It's really cool how different the two things are when I thought they were so similar before.