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Exegete vs Explicate - What's the difference?

exegete | explicate |

As a noun exegete

is exegete (a person skilled in exegesis).

As a verb explicate is

to explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.

As an adjective explicate is

(obsolete) evolved; unfolded.

exegete

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter.
  • *2009 , (Karen Armstrong), The Case for God , Vintage 2010, p. 94:
  • *:A text that could not speak to the present was dead, and the exegete had a duty to revive it.

    • Verb

    (exeget)
  • (chiefly, religion) To interpret; to perform an exegesis.
  • *

    • explicate

    English

    Verb

    (explicat)
  • To explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.
    • My homework is to explicate a poem.

    Related terms

    * explication * explicative * explicator * explicit

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.
    • (Jeremy Taylor)
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