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Fluence vs Articulate - What's the difference?

fluence | articulate |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between fluence and articulate

is that fluence is (obsolete) fluency while articulate is (obsolete) to treat or make terms.

As nouns the difference between fluence and articulate

is that fluence is (obsolete) fluency or fluence can be a magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy while articulate is (label) an animal of the subkingdom articulata.

As an adjective articulate is

clear, effective.

As a verb articulate is

to make clear or effective.

fluence

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia fluence) From (etyl) fluence.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Fluency.
  • a voluble and smart fluence of tongue — Milton.
  • (physics) A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation).
  • Etymology 2

    Shortened form of influence.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy.
  • * 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 191:
  • I don't say she would have done anything, if it had come to the point; but the fluence was on, and she got me hot.

    articulate

    English

    (Articulation)

    Etymology 1

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • clear, effective
  • especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner
  • able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals
  • Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
  • * 1728 , James Knapton and John Knapton, Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences , page 146:
  • Brutes cannot form articulate'' Sounds, cannot ''articulate the Sounds of the Voice, excepting some few Birds, as the Parrot, Pye, &c.
    Synonyms
    * (good at speaking) eloquent, well-spoken

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
  • Etymology 2

    From the adjective.

    Verb

    (articulat)
  • To make clear or effective.
  • To speak clearly; to enunciate.
  • I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.
  • To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
  • I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.
  • To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
  • an articulated bus
  • (music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
  • Articulate that passage heavily.
  • (anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints
  • The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
  • (obsolete) To treat or make terms.
  • (Shakespeare)
    Derived terms
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