Clarify vs Detect - What's the difference?
clarify | detect |
To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup.
* (rfdate) Ure:
To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
* (rfdate) South:
(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.
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)- Boiled and clarified .
- To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.