Betoken vs Characterize - What's the difference?
betoken | characterize | Related terms |
Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
* 1557 :
Foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
* 1853 : ,
to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)
to determine the characteristics of
* {{quote-book, passage=This glossary includes terminology used in coastal science, engineering, geology, management, nearshore oceanography and the technologies that characterize , measure, describe or quantify the physical properties, processes and changes of the coastal zone.
, title=Department of Ecology Publication No. 98-105
, chapter=Glossary of Coastal Terminology
, author=Brian Voigt
, year=1998
Betoken is a related term of characterize.
As verbs the difference between betoken and characterize
is that betoken is signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens while characterize is to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).betoken
English
Verb
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- There be other 2 signes in often use of which the first is made thus?+?and betokeneth' more?:?the other is thus made?–?and ' betokeneth lesse.
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- “?Ah?!?hospitable land, thou (nevertheless) betokenest' war,” ''i.?e.'', although hospitable, thou nevertheless '''betokenest war.?—?''Bello .
Synonyms
* (signify) indicate, mark, note * (foreshow) portend, presageReferences
*characterize
English
(Characterization)Alternative forms
* characteriseVerb
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