Specify vs Highlight - What's the difference?
specify | highlight |
To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
To include in a specification.
To bring about a specific result.
An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
An especially significant or interesting detail or event.
(cosmetology) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
To make prominent; emphasize.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 21
, author=Helen Pidd
, title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis
, work=the Guardian
To be a highlight of.
To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
In lang=en terms the difference between specify and highlight
is that specify is to bring about a specific result while highlight is to dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.As verbs the difference between specify and highlight
is that specify is to state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition while highlight is to make prominent; emphasize.As a noun highlight is
an area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.specify
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Verb
(en-verb)highlight
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Alternative forms
* hilite (informal)Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* (especially significant or interesting detail or event) lowlightVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=The Guardian has spoken to dozens of Europeans who have left, or are planning to leave. Their stories highlight surprising new migration routes – from Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth, Barcelona to Buenos Aires – as well as more traditional migration patterns.}}
