Fabricate vs Elaborate - What's the difference?
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To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate computer chips.
To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.
(cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
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).
As verbs the difference between fabricate and elaborate
is that fabricate is to form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship while elaborate is (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).As an adjective elaborate is
highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.fabricate
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(fabricat)Synonyms
* manufacture, cook up, make up, inventExternal links
* * ----elaborate
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(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?