Elaborate vs Description - What's the difference?
elaborate | description |
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).
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
(biology) A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
As an adjective elaborate
is highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.As a verb elaborate
is (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).As a noun description is
a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.elaborate
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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?
description
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(wikipedia description)Noun
(en noun)- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.