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Articulate vs Articulator - What's the difference?

articulate | articulator |

As nouns the difference between articulate and articulator

is that articulate is (label) an animal of the subkingdom articulata while articulator is one who, or that which, articulates.

As an adjective articulate

is clear, effective.

As a verb articulate

is to make clear or effective.

articulate

English

(Articulation)

Etymology 1

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • clear, effective
  • especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner
  • able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals
  • Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
  • * 1728 , James Knapton and John Knapton, Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences , page 146:
    • Brutes cannot form articulate'' Sounds, cannot ''articulate the Sounds of the Voice, excepting some few Birds, as the Parrot, Pye, &c.
    Synonyms
    * (good at speaking) eloquent, well-spoken

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

    • Etymology 2

    From the adjective.

    Verb

    (articulat)
  • To make clear or effective.
  • To speak clearly; to enunciate.
    • I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.
  • To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
    • I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.
  • To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
    • an articulated bus
  • (music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
    • Articulate that passage heavily.
  • (anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints
    • The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
  • (obsolete) To treat or make terms.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Derived terms
    *
    Related terms
    * articulation * pseudoarticulated * pseudoarticulation

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    articulator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, articulates.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 31, author=Joe Nocera, title=At Exxon’s Can’t-Miss Meeting, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He’s got a point; the same qualities that make Exxon Mobil the world’s best producer of oil and gas also cause it to be a terrible articulator of its own message. }} ----