Articulate vs Straightforward - What's the difference?
articulate | straightforward |
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.
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:
To make clear or effective.
To speak clearly; to enunciate.
To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
(music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
(anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints
(obsolete) To treat or make terms.
Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
* 1992 , George J. Church, "Why Voters Don't Trust Clinton," Time , 20 Apr, p. 38,
easy, simple, without difficulty
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/15/england-poland-world-cup-qualifier]
As adjectives the difference between articulate and straightforward
is that articulate is clear, effective while straightforward is proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.As a noun articulate
is (label) an animal of the subkingdom articulata.As a verb articulate
is to make clear or effective.As an adverb straightforward is
in a straightforward manner.articulate
English
(Articulation)Etymology 1
.Adjective
(en adjective)- (Francis Bacon)
- 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-spokenEtymology 2
From the adjective.Verb
(articulat)- I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.
- I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.
- an articulated bus
- Articulate that passage heavily.
- The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
- (Shakespeare)
Derived terms
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* * English heteronyms ----straightforward
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A great deal of the uneasiness about Clinton reflects his propensity to dance away from straightforward yes or no answers to any character question.
- Poland played with great energy, quick to the ball, strong in the challenge, and projecting the clear sense they had absolutely no intention whatsoever of making this a straightforward night.