Describe vs. Analyze

Describe and Analyze Definitions
Describe
To give an account of in speech or writing
Describe a sea voyage.
Analyze
To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.
Describe
To convey an idea or impression of; characterize
She described her childhood as a time of wonder and discovery.
Analyze
(Chemistry) To make a chemical analysis of.
Describe
To represent pictorially; depict
Goya's etchings describe the horrors of war in grotesque detail.
Analyze
(Mathematics) To make a mathematical analysis of.
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Describe
To trace the form or outline of
Describe a circle with a compass.
Analyze
To psychoanalyze.
Describe
(transitive) To represent in words.
The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
The geographer describes countries and cities.
Several witnesses describe seeing lights in the sky that night.
Analyze
(transitive) To subject to analysis.
Describe
(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
Analyze
(transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
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Describe
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
The function describes a very complex surface.
Analyze
(transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
Describe
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.
Analyze
(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.
Describe
(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Analyze
To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; to consider in detail in order to discover essential features or meaning; as, to analyze an action to ascertain its morality; to analyse a sonnet by Shakespeare; to analyse the evidence in a criminal trial; to analyse your real motives.
No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain.
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Describe
To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.
Analyze
Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; as, to analyse a specimen; to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyse a chemical compound.
Describe
To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.
Analyze
Subject to psychoanalytic treatment.
Describe
To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.
Analyze
Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;
Analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
Analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
Analyze your real motives
Describe
To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
Analyze
Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;
Analyze a specimen
Analyze a sentence
Analyze a chemical compound
Describe
Give a description of;
He drew an elaborate plan of attack
Analyze
Break down into components or essential features;
Analyze today's financial market
Describe
To give an account or representation of in words;
Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
Analyze
Subject to psychoanalytic treatment;
I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist
Describe
Identify as in botany or biology, for example
Describe
Make a mark or lines on a surface;
Draw a line
Trace the outline of a figure in the sand