What is the difference between illustration and example?
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The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
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A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)"an illustration [...] is a computer projection of future premiums, cash values and death benefits based on the current dividend scale (whole life) or current interest rates and current costs of insurance (universal life)." taken from http://www.evaluatelifeinsurance.org
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Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
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, title= Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
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, title= Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
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A person punished as a warning to others.
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A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
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An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
As nouns the difference between illustration and example
is that illustration is the act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct while example is something that is representative of all such things in a group.As a verb example is
to be illustrated or exemplified (by).illustration
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(en noun)How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
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- For I have given you an example , that ye should do as I have done to you.
- I gave, thou sayest, the example ; I led the way.
- Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge,
- Hang him; he'll be made an example .
- Now these things were our examples , to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
- Such temperate order in so fierce a cause / Doth want example .