Stipulate vs. Define — What's the Difference?

To specify or agree to as a condition in an agreement

State or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of

To agree to (a fact) in order to reduce the scope of the dispute to be resolved by a court. Used of litigants.

Mark out the boundary or limits of

To concede for the purposes of argument

To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).

To state or specify a demand or provision in an agreement

To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain

To form an agreement.

To make clear the outline or form of; delineate

Having stipules.

To specify distinctly

(transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.

To give form or meaning to

(transitive) To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.

To make or write a definition.

To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.

To ask for a contractual term.

(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.

To mutually agree.

To express the essential nature of something.

(botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.

To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France.

To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.

Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement;

(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.

Give a guarantee or promise of;

(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.

Make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force

To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.

To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.

To determine; to decide.

Give a definition for the meaning of a word;

Determine the essential quality of

Determine the nature of;

Delineate the form or outline of;