Articulate vs. Erudite
Articulateadjective
Clear; effective.
Eruditeadjective
Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
Articulateadjective
Speaking in a clear and effective manner.
‘She’s a bright, articulate young woman.’;
Eruditenoun
a learned or scholarly person
Articulateadjective
Consisting of segments united by joints.
‘The robot arm was articulate in two directions.’; ‘jointed articulate animals’;
Eruditeadjective
Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
Articulateadjective
Distinctly marked off.
‘an articulate period in history’;
Eruditeadjective
having or showing profound knowledge;
‘a learned jurist’; ‘an erudite professor’;
Articulateadjective
(obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
Articulateadjective
Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
Articulatenoun
(zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
Articulateverb
To make clear or effective.
Articulateverb
To speak clearly; to enunciate.
‘I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.’;
Articulateverb
To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
‘I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.’;
Articulateverb
To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
‘an articulated bus’;
Articulateverb
(music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
‘Articulate that passage heavily.’;
Articulateverb
(anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints
‘The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.’;
Articulateverb
(obsolete) To treat or make terms.
Articulateadjective
Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
Articulateadjective
Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
Articulateadjective
Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.
‘Total changes of party and articulate opinion.’;
Articulatenoun
An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
Articulateverb
To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
Articulateverb
To treat or make terms.
Articulateverb
To join or be connected by articulation.
Articulateverb
To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
Articulateverb
To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.
Articulateverb
To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.
Articulateverb
To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
‘Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church.’; ‘To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the people.’;
Articulateverb
provide with a joint;
‘the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood’;
Articulateverb
put into words or an expression;
‘He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees’;
Articulateverb
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;
‘She pronounces French words in a funny way’; ‘I cannot say `zip wire'’; ‘Can the child sound out this complicated word?’;
Articulateverb
express or state clearly
Articulateadjective
expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language;
‘articulate speech’; ‘an articulate orator’; ‘articulate beings’;
Articulateadjective
consisting of segments held together by joints
