Highlight vs Delineate - What's the difference?
highlight | delineate |
An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
An especially significant or interesting detail or event.
(cosmetology) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
To make prominent; emphasize.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 21
, author=Helen Pidd
, title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis
, work=the Guardian
To be a highlight of.
To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
To depict, represent with pictures.
To describe or depict with words or gestures.
To outline or mark out.
As verbs the difference between highlight and delineate
is that highlight is to make prominent; emphasize while delineate is to sketch out, draw or trace an outline.As a noun highlight
is an area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.highlight
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Alternative forms
* hilite (informal)Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* (especially significant or interesting detail or event) lowlightVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=The Guardian has spoken to dozens of Europeans who have left, or are planning to leave. Their stories highlight surprising new migration routes – from Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth, Barcelona to Buenos Aires – as well as more traditional migration patterns.}}
