As verbs the difference between analyze and appraise
is that analyze is to subject to analysis while appraise is to set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
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
Related terms
* analysis
* analyst
* analytic / analytical
appraise
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (English precious), from which also appreciate.
Verb
(apprais)
To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
To estimate; to conjecture.
To praise; to commend.
Derived terms
()
* appraisal
* appraisee
* appraisement
* appraiser
* appraisingly
* appraisive
* appraiseable
* appraiseability
Related terms
*
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Etymology 2
Incorrect form of apprise.
