Illustrate vs. Show — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Illustrate and Show
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Illustrate
Provide (a book, newspaper, etc.) with pictures
The guide is illustrated with full-colour photographs
Show
To cause or allow to be seen; display
Showed us his tattoo.
Illustrate
Serve as an example of
The World Cup illustrated what high standards our players must achieve
Show
To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition
Showed her most recent paintings.
Illustrate
To clarify or explain, as by the use of examples or comparisons
The mayor illustrated the problem with an anecdote.
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Show
To permit access to (a house, for example) when offering for sale or rent.
Illustrate
To serve as an example or clarification of
A story that illustrates a broader social problem.
Show
To conduct; guide
Showed them to the table.
Illustrate
To provide (a text) with explanatory or decorative images
Illustrated the book with colorful drawings.
Show
To direct one's attention to; point out
Showed them the city's historical sites.
Illustrate
(Obsolete) To light up; illuminate.
Show
To make evident or reveal (an emotion or condition, for example)
Showed displeasure at his remark.
A carpet that shows wear.
Illustrate
To present a clarification, example, or explanation.
Show
To reveal (oneself) as in one's behavior or condition
The old boat showed itself to be seaworthy.
Illustrate
(obsolete) To shed light upon.
Show
To indicate; register
The altimeter showed that the plane was descending.
Illustrate
(figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
We illustrate our definitions by including quotations or simple examples.
Show
To demonstrate by reasoning or procedure
Showed that the hypothesis was wrong.
A film that showed how to tune a piano.
Illustrate
To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs.
Show
To demonstrate to by reasoning or procedure; inform or prove to
Showed him how to fix the camera.
Showed her that it could really happen.
Illustrate
(obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.
Show
To grant; bestow
Showed no mercy to the traitors.
Illustrate
To make clear, bright, or luminous.
Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky.
Show
To be or become visible or evident
Concern showed in his face.
Illustrate
To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.
To prove him, and illustrate his high worth.
Show
(Slang) To make an appearance; show up
Didn't show for her appointment.
Illustrate
To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.
Show
To be exhibited publicly
What's showing at the movie theater tonight?.
Illustrate
To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.
Show
To give a performance or present an exhibition
Which artist is showing in the gallery?.
Illustrate
To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify.
Matter to me of glory, whom their hateIllustrates.
Show
(Sports) To finish third or better in a horserace or dog race.
Illustrate
Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.
This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman.
Show
A display; a manifestation
Made a show of strength.
Illustrate
Clarify by giving an example of
Show
A trace or indication, as of oil in a well.
Illustrate
Depict with an illustration
Show
The discharge of bloody mucus from the vagina indicating the start of labor.
Illustrate
E.g., illustrate a book with drawings
Show
The first discharge of blood in menstruation.
Show
A false appearance; a pretense
Only a show of kindness.
Show
A striking appearance or display; a spectacle.
Show
A pompous or ostentatious display.
Show
Display or outward appearance
This antique tea service is just for show. His smile was for show.
Show
A public exhibition or entertainment.
Show
An exposition for the display or demonstration of commercial products
An auto show.
Show
A usually competitive exhibition of domestic animals
Won first place at the cat show.
Show
A radio or television program.
Show
A movie.
Show
A theatrical troupe or company.
Show
(Informal) An affair or undertaking
Ran the whole show.
Show
(Sports) Third place at the finish, as in a horserace.
Show
(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.
All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.
Show
(transitive) To bestow; to confer.
Show
(transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
Show
(transitive) To guide or escort.
Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
They showed us in.
Show
(intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
Your bald patch is starting to show.
At length, his gloom showed.
Show
To put in an appearance; show up.
We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
Show
To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
Show
To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
Show
To reveal one's hand of cards.
Show
(obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
Show
(countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
There were a thousand people at the show.
Show
(countable) An exhibition of items.
Art show;
Dog show
Show
(countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
Radio show;
Television show
They performed in the show.
I spotted my neighbour on the morning TV show.
Show
(countable) A movie.
Let's catch a show.
Show
An agricultural show.
I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday.
Show
A project or presentation.
Let's get on with the show.
Let's get this show on the road.
They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors.
It was Apple's usual dog and pony show.
Show
(countable) A demonstration.
Show of force
Show
(uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
Show
Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
Show
The major leagues.
He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
Show
A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
Show
(archaic) Pretence.
Show
(archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
Show
(obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
Show
(obsolete) Plausibility.
Show
(medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
Show
A battle; local conflict.
Show
To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; - the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).
Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.
Nor want we skill or art from whence to raiseMagnificence; and what can heaven show more?
Show
To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
Shew them the way wherein they must walk.
If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.
Show
Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
Show
To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.
I 'll show my duty by my timely care.
Show
To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
Show
To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
Just such she shows before a rising storm.
All round a hedge upshoots, and showsAt distance like a little wood.
Show
To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
My lord of York, it better showed with you.
Show
The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
Show
That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.
As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows.
Show
Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
I envy none their pageantry and show.
Show
Semblance; likeness; appearance.
He through the midst unmarked,In show plebeian angel militantOf lowest order, passed.
Show
False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
Show
A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.
Show
A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
Show
A public exhibition of entertainment;
A remarkable show of skill
Show
Something intended to communicate a particular impression;
Made a display of strength
A show of impatience
A good show of looking interested
Show
A public exhibition or entertainment;
They wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway
Show
Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression;
They try to keep up appearances
That ceremony is just for show
Show
Show or demonstrate something to an interested audience;
She shows her dogs frequently
We will demo the new software in Washington
Show
Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;
The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound
The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
Show
Provide evidence for;
The blood test showed that he was the father
Her behavior testified to her incompetence
Show
Make visible or noticeable;
She showed her talent for cooking
Show me your etchings, please
Show
Show in, or as in, a picture;
This scene depicts country life
The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
Show
Give expression to;
She showed her disappointment
Show
Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively;
I showed the customer the glove section
He pointed to the empty parking space
He indicated his opponents
Show
Make clear and visible;
The article revealed the policies of the government
Show
Be or become visible or noticeable;
His good upbringing really shows
The dirty side will show
Show
Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty'
Show
Give evidence of, as of records;
The diary shows his distress that evening
Show
Show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums;
The usher showed us to our seats
Show
Finish third or better in a horse or dog race;
He bet $2 on number six to show
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