Describe vs. Analyze — What's the Difference?

To give an account of in speech or writing

To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.

To convey an idea or impression of; characterize

(Chemistry) To make a chemical analysis of.

To represent pictorially; depict

(Mathematics) To make a mathematical analysis of.

To trace the form or outline of

To psychoanalyze.

(transitive) To represent in words.

(transitive) To subject to analysis.

(transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.

(transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

To give rise to a geometrical structure.

(transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.

(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; to consider in detail in order to discover essential features or meaning; as, to analyze an action to ascertain its morality; to analyse a sonnet by Shakespeare; to analyse the evidence in a criminal trial; to analyse your real motives.

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.

Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; as, to analyse a specimen; to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyse a chemical compound.

To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.

Subject to psychoanalytic treatment.

To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.

Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;

To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.

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

Give a description of;

Break down into components or essential features;

To give an account or representation of in words;

Subject to psychoanalytic treatment;

Identify as in botany or biology, for example

Make a mark or lines on a surface;