Interpellate vs Interpret - What's the difference?
interpellate | interpret |
(obsolete) To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).
(philosophy) To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate).
* 1996 , The Cambridge History of American Literature'', volume 8, ''Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995 (edited by Sacvan Bercovitch), page 408:
* 2002 , Marianne Jørgensen, Louise J. Phillips, Discourse Analysis As Theory and Method , page 41:
* 2009 , Samia Bazzi, Arab News and Conflict: A Multidisciplinary Discourse Study :
(transitive, chiefly, politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.
To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.
* The Holy Bible, (w) i. 23.
* The Holy Bible, (w) xli. 8.
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, title= To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.
To act as an interpreter.
As verbs the difference between interpellate and interpret
is that interpellate is to interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something) while interpret is to explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.interpellate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
- whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.
Derived terms
* interpellator * interpellationSee also
* interpolate * interpel ----interpret
English
Verb
(en verb)- Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.