Lineate vs. Delineate — What's the Difference?

(zoology) Marked with lines.

To draw or depict

(botany) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines.

To describe or characterize in words

Marked with lines.

To mark, form, or show the outline or border of

Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.

To establish the position of (a border)

To show or contain a distinguishing characteristic of; distinguish

To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.

To depict, represent with pictures.

To describe or depict with words or gestures.

To outline or mark out.

Delineated; portrayed.

To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.

To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

Delineate the form or outline of;

Determine the essential quality of

Trace the shape of

Make a mark or lines on a surface;

Describe in vivid detail

Represented accurately or precisely