# disambiguatingDescription

A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Text](https://schema.org.ai/Text) | Data type: Text. |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Thing](https://schema.org.ai/Thing) | The most generic type of item. |

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