Description vs. Describe
Difference Between Description and Describe
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Description is the pattern of narrative development that aims to make vivid a place, object, character, or group. Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration.
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To give an account of in speech or writing
describe a sea voyage.
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a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event
people who had seen him were able to give a description
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Describe➦
To convey an idea or impression of; characterize
She described her childhood as a time of wonder and discovery.
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a type or class of people or things
it is laughably easy to buy drugs of all descriptions
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Describe➦
To represent pictorially; depict
Goya's etchings describe the horrors of war in grotesque detail.
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Description➦
The act, process, or technique of describing.
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To trace the form or outline of
describe a circle with a compass.
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A statement or an account describing something
published a description of the journey.
gave a vivid description of the game.
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(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.
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A pictorial representation
Monet's ethereal descriptions of haystacks and water lilies.
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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
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A kind or sort
cars of every size and description.
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To give rise to a geometrical structure.
The function describes a very complex surface.
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A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
give a verbal description of the events
a realistic description
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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.
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Description➦
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
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Describe➦
(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
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A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
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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.
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(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
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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.
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(linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
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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.
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(linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
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Describe➦
To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
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Description➦
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
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Describe➦
give a description of;
He drew an elaborate plan of attack
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Description➦
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
Milton has descriptions of morning.
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Describe➦
to give an account or representation of in words;
Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
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Description➦
A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.
A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors.
The plates were all of the meanest description.
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Describe➦
identify as in botany or biology, for example
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a statement that represents something in words
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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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the act of describing something
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sort or variety;
every description of book was there
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