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Articulate vs Bellow - What's the difference?

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Articulate is a related term of bellow.


As nouns the difference between articulate and bellow

is that articulate is (label) an animal of the subkingdom articulata while bellow is the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.

As verbs the difference between articulate and bellow

is that articulate is to make clear or effective while bellow is to make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

As an adjective articulate

is clear, 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
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    bellow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
  • * Dryden
  • the bellowing voice of boiling seas
  • To shout in a deep voice.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
  • , date=May 13 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.}}

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