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Impart vs Detect - What's the difference?

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Impart is a related term of detect.


As verbs the difference between impart and detect

is that impart is to give a (l) or (l) while detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

As an adjective detect is

(obsolete) detected.

impart

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To give a (l) or (l).
  • To (l) the (l) of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • Well may he then to you his cares impart .
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • Gentle lady, / When I did first impart my love to you.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
  • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
  • To hold a (l) or (l).
  • To obtain a share of; to partake of.
  • (Munday)

    Synonyms

    * (to give a part or share) (l), (l), (l) * (to communicate knowledge of) (l), (l)

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l)

    detect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
  • Derived terms

    * detection * detective * detector

    See also

    * discover * find * stumble upon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Detected.
  • (Fabyan)