Portray vs Characterize - What's the difference?
portray | characterize | Related terms |
To paint or draw the likeness of.
(figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
To adorn with pictures.
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
As verbs the difference between portray and characterize
is that portray is to paint or draw the likeness of while characterize is to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative.portray
English
Alternative forms
* pourtrayVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
*characterize
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(Characterization)Alternative forms
* characteriseVerb
(characteriz)citation