Describe vs. Descrive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Describe and Descrive
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Describe
To give an account of in speech or writing
Describe a sea voyage.
Descrive
(obsolete) To describe.
Describe
To convey an idea or impression of; characterize
She described her childhood as a time of wonder and discovery.
Descrive
To describe.
Describe
To represent pictorially; depict
Goya's etchings describe the horrors of war in grotesque detail.
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Describe
To trace the form or outline of
Describe a circle with a compass.
Describe
(transitive) To represent in words.
The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
The geographer describes countries and cities.
Several witnesses describe seeing lights in the sky that night.
Describe
(transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
To describe a circle by the compasses;
A torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
Describe
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
The function describes a very complex surface.
Describe
To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
The fungus was first described by a botanist.
Describe
(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Describe
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.
Describe
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.
Describe
To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.
Describe
To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
Describe
Give a description of;
He drew an elaborate plan of attack
Describe
To give an account or representation of in words;
Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
Describe
Identify as in botany or biology, for example
Describe
Make a mark or lines on a surface;
Draw a line
Trace the outline of a figure in the sand
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