Proclaim vs Declare - What's the difference?
proclaim | declare |
To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe.
To announce or declare.
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(obsolete) To make clear, explain, interpret.
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To make a declaration.
To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
(cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
To announce something formally or officially.
To affirm or state something emphatically.
To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
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To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
(computing) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.
Declare is a synonym of proclaim.
As verbs the difference between proclaim and declare
is that proclaim is to excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe while declare is to make clear, explain, interpret.proclaim
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(declar)- Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
- To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies are exactly smooth.
- He declared him innocent.
- declare bankruptcy
- declare victory
- (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time , 2 April:
- The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
- The counter "i" was declared as an integer.