Describe vs Bename - What's the difference?
describe | bename |
(label) To represent in words.
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(label) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
* 1826 , (James Fenimore Cooper), (The Last of the Mohicans)
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
To reveal a new species by scientifically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
(label) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
* Bible, (w) xviii. 9
(obsolete) To swear on oath; to solemnly declare; promise; give.
To name; give a name (to); mention by name; nominate; denominate; call.
:* "... the only British commander who, in the general estimation, could benamed as his rival in military fame; …'' — "The Annual Register" (edited by Edmund Burke), 1815
:* Unfortunately, the planet has been quite too much benamed''', — '''benamed , indeed, out of all recognition. — Percival Lowell, "Mars", 1896
:* As though the benamed things carried the longings of humans; — Mervyn Sprung, "After Truth: Explorations in Life Sense", SUNY Press, p71 1994
:* In other words, … that 'names' do not 'form' benamed objects but are mere signifiers … — Roy Ascott, "Engineering Nature: Art & Consciousness in the Post-Biological Era", Intellect Books, 2006
To name; call; style; describe as.
In transitive terms the difference between describe and bename
is that describe is to represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out while bename is to name; call; style; describe as.describe
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(describ)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
- Uncas described an arc in the water with his own blade, and as the canoe passed swiftly on, Chingachgook recovered his paddle, and flourishing it on high, he gave the war-whoop of the Mohicans.
- Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.