Elaborate vs Dedicate - What's the difference?
elaborate | dedicate |
Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
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Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
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*:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
(used with'' on ''when used with an object ) To give further detail or explanation (about).
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
To set apart for a special use
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
To open (a building, for example) to public use.
To show to the public for the first time
(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
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In lang=en terms the difference between elaborate and dedicate
is that elaborate is (used with'' on ''when used with an object ) to give further detail or explanation (about) while dedicate is to show to the public for the first time.As adjectives the difference between elaborate and dedicate
is that elaborate is highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated while dedicate is (obsolete) dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.As verbs the difference between elaborate and dedicate
is that elaborate is (used with'' on ''when used with an object ) to give further detail or explanation (about) while dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.elaborate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(elaborat)- What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate ?
- Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
dedicate
English
Verb
(dedicat)- dedicated their money to scientific research.
- dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
- dedicate a monument.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Dedicate to nothing temporal.
- His life is dedicate to worthiness.