Describe vs. Analyze

Describe vs. Analyze — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Describe and Analyze

Describeverb

(transitive) To represent in words.

The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.The geographer describes countries and cities.

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To subject to analysis.

Describeverb

(transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.

to describe a circle by the compasses;a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

Describeverb

To give rise to a geometrical structure.

The function describes a very complex surface.

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

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Describeverb

To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.

The fungus was first described by a botanist.

Analyzeverb

(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

Describeverb

(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.

Analyzeverb

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;

analyze a sonnet by Shakespeareanalyze the evidence in a criminal trialanalyze your real motives

Describeverb

give a description of;

He drew an elaborate plan of attack

Analyzeverb

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;

analyze a specimenanalyze a sentenceanalyze a chemical compound
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Describeverb

to give an account or representation of in words;

Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental

Analyzeverb

break down into components or essential features;

analyze today's financial market

Describeverb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Analyzeverb

subject to psychoanalytic treatment;

I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist

Describeverb

make a mark or lines on a surface;

draw a linetrace the outline of a figure in the sand