Demonstrates vs Depicts - What's the difference?
demonstrates | depicts |
(demonstrate)
To display the method of using an object.
To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
To participate in or organize a demonstration.
(depict)
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
* 1984 , Lawrence Starr, "Toward a Reevaluation of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess," American Music , vol. 2, no. 2, p. 27,
* 1987 , Niall O'Loughlin, "Music Reviews: 20th-century guitar," The Musical Times , vol. 128, no. 1734, p. 443,
* 1994 , E. Pennisi, "Breathe (xenon) deeply to see lungs clearly," Science News , vol. 146, no. 5, p. 70 (caption),
(obsolete) Depicted.
As verbs the difference between demonstrates and depicts
is that demonstrates is third-person singular of demonstrate while depicts is third-person singular of depict.demonstrates
English
Verb
(head)demonstrate
English
Verb
(demonstrat)See also
* show * prove ----depicts
English
Verb
(head)depict
English
Verb
(en verb)- The well-known words depict a woman seeking sanctuary in a love relationship form a brutal, rapacious man.
- Here the music depicts the delicate pattern of ice on windows.
- False-color computer images depict lungs removed from a mouse.
Usage notes
* The subjects of the verb include words, music and images.Synonyms
* portray, supply, figure, express, exhibit, register, show, return, establish, shew, deliver, present, read, indicate, evidence, point, record, testify, fancy, picture, translate, visualize, usher, give, envision, turn in, designate, limn, show up, render, evince, provide, prove, image, yield, demonstrate, fork out, draw, visualise, generate, describe, interpret, project, submitAdjective
(-)- (Lydgate)