Define vs. Illustrate

Defineverb

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.

Defineverb

(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.

Defineverb

To express the essential nature of something.

Defineverb

To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.

Defineverb

To describe, explain, or make definite and clear.

Defineverb

To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.

Defineverb

(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.

Definenoun

(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.

Defineverb

To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

Defineverb

To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.

Defineverb

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.

Defineverb

To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.

Defineverb

To determine; to decide.

Defineverb

give a definition for the meaning of a word;

Defineverb

determine the essential quality of

Defineverb

determine the nature of;

Defineverb

delineate the form or outline of;

Defineverb

state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of

Defineverb

give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary

Defineverb

make up or establish the character or essence of

Defineverb

mark out the boundary or limits of

Defineverb

make clear the outline of; delineate

Illustrateverb

(obsolete) To shed light upon; to illuminate.

Illustrateverb

To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

Illustrateverb

To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.

Illustrateverb

(obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious; to glorify.

Illustrateverb

To make clear, bright, or luminous.

Illustrateverb

To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.

Illustrateverb

To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.

Illustrateverb

To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.

Illustrateverb

To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify.

Illustrateadjective

Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.

Illustrateverb

clarify by giving an example of

Illustrateverb

depict with an illustration

Illustrateverb

e.g., illustrate a book with drawings

Illustrateverb

provide (a book, newspaper, etc.) with pictures

Illustrateverb

explain or make (something) clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc.

Illustrateverb

serve as an example of