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Elaborate vs Workout - What's the difference?

elaborate | workout |

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 workout is

an exercise session; a period of physical exercise.

elaborate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.

    • Verb

    (elaborat)
  • (used with'' on ''when used with an object ) To give further detail or explanation (about).
    • 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?

    workout

    English

    (wikipedia workout)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
  • * 2008 , Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers, Mastering Swimming , page 157?
    • The following guidelines for smart weekly scheduling can simplify this piece of the planning: Swim three or four workouts each week.
  • A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
  • * 2007 , Peter Twist, Complete Conditioning for Hockey? , page 170
    • If athletes do too much too soon, they will be stiff and sore 24 to 48 hours after a new workout .
  • * 2010', Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", ''Muscular Development?'' ' 47 (1): 350
    • I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day!
  • (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
  • * 2001 , Jan Karon, A Common Life: The Wedding Story , page 41?
    • Cynthia's phone got a workout , as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.

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