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Cite vs Exemplify - What's the difference?

cite | exemplify |

As verbs the difference between cite and exemplify

is that cite is to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another while exemplify is to show or illustrate by example.

As a noun cite

is a citation.

cite

English

Verb

(cit)
  • To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}
  • To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  • To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
  • Derived terms

    * citation

    See also

    * attest * quote

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A citation.
  • We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    exemplify

    English

    Alternative forms

    * exemplifie

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To show or illustrate by example.
  • To be an instance of or serve as an example.
  • *'>citation
  • To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.