Explain vs. Describe
Explainverb
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
Explainverb
To give a valid excuse for some past behavior.
Explainverb
(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
Explainverb
(obsolete) To unfold or make visible.
Explainverb
To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.
Explainverb
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
Explainverb
To give an explanation.
Explainverb
make palin and comprehensible;
Explainverb
define;
Explainverb
serve as a reason or cause or justification of;
Explainverb
make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts
Explainverb
give a reason so as to justify or excuse (an action or event)
Explainverb
be the cause of or motivating factor for
Explainverb
minimize the significance of an embarrassing fact or action by giving an excuse or justification
Describeverb
(transitive) To represent in words.
Describeverb
(transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
Describeverb
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
Describeverb
To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
Describeverb
(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Describeverb
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.
Describeverb
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.
Describeverb
To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Describeverb
To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
Describeverb
give a description of;
Describeverb
to give an account or representation of in words;
Describeverb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Describeverb
make a mark or lines on a surface;
