Describe vs Photograph - What's the difference?
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(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.
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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.
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A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
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To take a photograph of.
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To take photographs.
To appear in a photograph.
In transitive terms the difference between describe and photograph
is that describe is to represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out while photograph is to take a photograph of.As a noun photograph is
a picture created by projecting an onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.describe
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Verb
(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.
Synonyms
* (to represent in words) portray, betell, depict, report * (to represent in writing) bewriteExternal links
* * ----photograph
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs , MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
Derived terms
* photo * photographic * photography * photographerExternal links
* (wikipedia)Verb
(en verb)- He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
- He is photographed on my mind.
- She photographs well. The camera ''loves'' her.