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Schematic vs Delineate - What's the difference?

schematic | delineate |

As an adjective schematic

is represented simply.

As a noun schematic

is a drawing or sketch showing how a system works at an abstract level.

As a verb delineate is

to sketch out, draw or trace an outline.

schematic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • represented simply
  • sketchy, incomplete
  • * 1902 , , Varieties of Religious Experience ,
  • Dr. Starbuck gives an interesting, and it seems to me a true, account -- so far as conceptions so schematic can claim truth at all...
  • relating to a schema
  • *
  • Given the terminology we have introduced here, we can say that all of the bracketed phrases in (3) above are of the schematic form (4) below:
    (4)    Specifier + Head + Complement
    Now, we have already argued in the case of Noun Phrases that a Head Noun together with its Complement form an N-bar; and that this N-bar together with its Specifier ( = Determiner) forms an N-double-bar.

    Noun

    (wikipedia schematic) (en noun)
  • A drawing or sketch showing how a system works at an abstract level.
  • I'll have to study the schematics for the new integrated circuit before I can create a good layout.

    Synonyms

    * diagram

    Anagrams

    *

    delineate

    English

    Verb

    (delineat)
  • To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
  • To depict, represent with pictures.
  • To describe or depict with words or gestures.
  • To outline or mark out.
  • Synonyms

    * (to mark the limits or boundaries) (l), (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)