Elaborate vs Escargot - What's the difference?
elaborate | escargot |
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).
(uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
(countable) A snail (often ) used in preparation of the dish of the same name.
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 escargot is
(uncountable) a dish, commonly associated with french cuisine, consisting of edible snails.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?