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Constituted vs Represented - What's the difference?

constituted | represented |

As verbs the difference between constituted and represented

is that constituted is (constitute) while represented is (represent).

constituted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (constitute)

  • constitute

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (constitut)
  • To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
  • To make up; to compose; to form.
  • * Johnson
  • Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
  • To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
  • * William Wordsworth
  • Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.

    Synonyms

    * establish, enact * make up, compose, form

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An established law.
  • (Webster 1913)

    represented

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (represent)

  • represent

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
  • To portray by pictorial or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
  • To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
  • To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
  • To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
  • He represented that he was investigating for the police department.
  • To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
  • To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
  • To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
  • (Webster 1913)

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