Discuss vs Comprehend - What's the difference?
discuss | comprehend |
(obsolete) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.i:
* Rambler
* Sir H. Wotton
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
* , Merry Wives of Windsor , act 1, sc. 3:
* , Henry V , act 4, sc. 1:
To break to pieces; to shatter.
To deal with, in eating or drinking.
* Sir S. Baker
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.1:
* 1776 , (Edward Gibbon), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , Penguin 2009, p. 9:
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
As verbs the difference between discuss and comprehend
is that discuss is (obsolete|transitive) to drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors while comprehend is .discuss
English
(wikipedia discuss)Verb
- For she was giuen all to fleshly lust, / And poured forth in sensuall delight, / That all regard of shame she had discust , / And meet respect of honour put to flight
- a pomade of virtue to discuss pimples
- Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection.
- Let's sit down and discuss this rationally.
- I don't wish to discuss this further. Let's talk about something else.
- Nym : I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.
- Pistol : Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?
- We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.
Synonyms
* (converse about a topic) betalk, debate, talk aboutDerived terms
* discussant * discusser * discussion * discuss to death * discuss UgandaSee also
* argueExternal links
* * *comprehend
English
Verb
(en verb)- And lothly mouth, unmeete a mouth to bee, / That nought but gall and venim comprehended […].
- In the second century of the Christian Æra, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.