Decribe vs Analyze - What's the difference?

decribe | analyze |

Decribe is likely misspelled.

Decribe has no English definition.

As a verb analyze is

to subject to analysis.

decribe

Not English

Decribe has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'decribe':

deserve, describe, disrobe, descrive, disserve, desirive, diserve

analyze

English

Alternative forms

* analyse (Commonwealth except Canada)

Verb

(analyz)

To subject to analysis.

To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

Usage notes

* According to the third edition of (w, Fowler's Modern English Usage), both analyze'' and the British spelling ''analyse'' are equally indefensible from an etymological perspective. The correct but now impossible form should have been ''analysize .

Derived terms

* analyzable, analysable * analyzability, analysability * analyzer, analyser * psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse