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Transmit vs Interpret - What's the difference?

transmit | interpret |

In intransitive terms the difference between transmit and interpret

is that transmit is to send out a signal (as opposed to receive) while interpret is to act as an interpreter.

As verbs the difference between transmit and interpret

is that transmit is to send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another 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.

transmit

English

Verb

(transmitt)
  • To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
  • To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
  • To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
  • To communicate news or information.
  • To convey energy or force through a mechanism.
  • To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    interpret

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
  • Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • * The Holy Bible, (w) xli. 8.
  • And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
  • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * translate, explain, solve, render, expound, elucidate, decipher, unfold, unravel

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