Detect vs Depict - What's the difference?
detect | depict |
(obsolete) Detected.
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.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between detect and depict
is that detect is (obsolete) detected while depict is (obsolete) depicted.As verbs the difference between detect and depict
is that detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing while depict is to render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.As adjectives the difference between detect and depict
is that detect is (obsolete) detected while depict is (obsolete) depicted.detect
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Derived terms
* detection * detective * detectorSee also
* discover * find * stumble uponAdjective
(-)- (Fabyan)
External links
* *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)