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Applaud vs. Dissect — What's the Difference?

Applaud vs. Dissect — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Applaud and Dissect

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Applaud

To express approval, especially by clapping the hands.

Dissect

To cut apart or separate (tissue), especially for anatomical study.

Applaud

To express approval of (someone or something) especially by such clapping.

Dissect

To examine, analyze, or criticize in minute detail
Dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed.

Applaud

To commend highly; praise
Applauded her decision to finish college.
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Dissect

(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

Applaud

(obsolete) Applause; applauding.

Dissect

(transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

Applaud

(obsolete) Plaudit.

Dissect

(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.

Applaud

To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.
After the performance, the audience applauded for five minutes.

Dissect

To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

Applaud

To praise, or express approval for something or someone.
Although we don't like your methods, we applaud your motives.

Dissect

Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Applaud

To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
I would applaud thee to the very echo,That should applaud again.

Dissect

To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

Applaud

To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.
By the gods, I do applaud his courage.

Dissect

To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.
This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample.

Applaud

To express approbation loudly or significantly.

Dissect

Cut open or cut apart;
Dissect the bodies for analysis

Applaud

Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

Dissect

Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;
Analyze a specimen
Analyze a sentence
Analyze a chemical compound

Applaud

Express approval of;
I applaud your efforts

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