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Clarify vs Detect - What's the difference?

clarify | detect |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between clarify and detect

is that clarify is (obsolete) to glorify while detect is (obsolete) detected.

As verbs the difference between clarify and detect

is that clarify is to make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup while detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

As an adjective detect is

(obsolete) detected.

clarify

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup.
  • * (rfdate) Ure:
  • Boiled and clarified .
  • To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
  • * (rfdate) South:
  • To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.
  • (ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
  • * Leave the wine for 24 hours and it will clarify .
  • (ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
  • (obsolete) To glorify.
  • detect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
  • Derived terms

    * detection * detective * detector

    See also

    * discover * find * stumble upon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Detected.
  • (Fabyan)