Cite vs Quate - What's the difference?
cite | quate |
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= 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.
(informal) A citation.
As adjectives the difference between cite and quate
is that cite is full, brim-full while quate is (scotland) quiet.As a noun cite
is wedge, short spear or stick.cite
English
Verb
(cit)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.}}
Derived terms
* citationSee also
* attest * quoteNoun
(en noun)- We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.
