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Analog vs Analyze - What's the difference?

analog | analyze |

As an adjective analog

is analogue (being represented by a continuously variable physical quantity).

As a verb analyze is

to subject to analysis.

analog

English

Alternative forms

* analogue (Commonwealth)

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)
  • Antonyms

    * digital * discrete

    Derived terms

    * analog circuit * analog computer * analog meter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else
  • (countable, biology) an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin
  • (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element
  • analyze

    English

    Alternative forms

    * analyse (Commonwealth except Canada)

    Verb

    (analyz)
  • To subject to analysis.
  • To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
  • To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
  • To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
  • Usage notes

    * According to the third edition of (w, Fowler's Modern English Usage), both analyze'' and the British spelling ''analyse'' are equally indefensible from an etymological perspective. The correct but now impossible form should have been ''analysize .

    Derived terms

    * analyzable, analysable * analyzability, analysability * analyzer, analyser * psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse