Detect vs. Define

Detectverb

to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

Detectadjective

(obsolete) Detected.

Detectadjective

Detected.

Detectverb

To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.

Detectverb

To inform against; to accuse.

Detectverb

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

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