What's the difference between convey and portray?

Convey


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.
  • (v. t.) To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas.
  • (v. t.) To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing.
  • (v. t.) To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.
  • (v. t.) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
  • (v. t.) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
  • (v. t.) To accompany; to convoy.
  • (v. i.) To play the thief; to steal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
  • (2) The results of our utilization review were conveyed to local hospitals and the blood supplier in an effort to preserved donor blood.
  • (3) We outline a protocol for presenting the diagnosis of pseudoseizure with the goal of conveying to the patient the importance of knowing the nonepileptic nature of the spells and the need for psychiatric follow-up.
  • (4) Because the clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia has not generally been an adequate phenotypic marker to detect the genes that convey risk for schizophrenia, efforts have been directed toward the identification of more elementary neuronal dysfunctions in schizophrenic patients and their families.
  • (5) This study explores the power of intonation to convey meaningful information about the communicative intent of the speaker in speech addressed to preverbal infants and in speech addressed to adults.
  • (6) Finally, using a newly developed paradigm for examining the composition of regenerating axons by axonal transport, we determined that significant amounts of the 57 kDa neuronal IF protein were conveyed into the regrowing axonal sprouts of DRG neurons.
  • (7) Rather, the regulatory signals conveyed by immobilized ECM molecules depend on the density at which they are presented and thus, on their ability to either prohibit or support cell spreading.
  • (8) A biography, magazine articles, and various surveys of his work convey the impression that his ideas are timely, or at least that they are historically important.
  • (9) To explain the opposite effects of GTP in the absence and presence of oxalate, it is proposed that GTP activates a transmembrane conveyance of Ca2+ between oxalate-permeable and -impermeable compartments.
  • (10) Within the enamel department, workers who handled conveyer hooks used to suspend range tops as they passed through the oven were at greatest risk (rate ratio (RR) = 12.44, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.90-53.35).
  • (11) When Barak reneged on his commitment to transfer the three Jerusalem villages - a commitment he had specifically authorised Clinton to convey to Arafat - Clinton was furious.
  • (12) G proteins are heterotrimeric proteins that play a key role in signalling transduction conveying signals from cell surface receptors to intracellular effector proteins.
  • (13) The amplitude and latency of the P300 to the priming stimulus were sensitive to the amount of information conveyed by the priming stimulus and the duration of the processing required.
  • (14) The maternal transfer of circadian rhythmicity and photoperiodic information to the fetus has been clearly demonstrated in several species, as has the importance of the pineal hormone, melatonin, in conveying this information.
  • (15) Recent evidence suggests that late reperfusion of an occluded infarct-related artery after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may convey a better prognosis.
  • (16) In the Museum of the Warsaw Rising, the sound effects are powerful, the visuals compelling, the tragedy forcefully conveyed.
  • (17) Multiple representations are needed, for such purposes as showing motions or conveying both the chain connectivity and the three-dimensional shape simultaneously.
  • (18) Although much more information is being disclosed to cancer patients than in the past, there is still considerable disagreement about how much information should be conveyed.
  • (19) If the abnormal sensation, such as a lump or choking, in the throat was mainly caused by inflammatory changes in the palatine tonsils or their surrounding tissues and conveyed via vagal nerve branches distributing there, the sensation might be reduced by topically injected Impletol (Procaine and caffeine in saline solution), i.e.
  • (20) A study of seizure activity and neuronal cell death produced by intracerebroventricular kainic acid had suggested that seizures conveyed by the hippocampal mossy fibers are more damaging to CA3 pyramidal cells than seizures conveyed by other pathways.

Portray


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.
  • (v. t.) Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
  • (v. t.) To adorn with pictures.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Her success has not been universally welcomed - anonymous colleagues are occasionally quoted in the media portraying her as "ambitious" and "bossy".
  • (2) Brazil and Argentina unite in protest against culture of sexual violence Read more The symbolic power of so many women standing together proves that focusing on victims does not mean portraying women as passive.
  • (3) There has been a tendency to portray Russians as aggressively imperialistic at heart, a homogeneous bloc thirsty for military adventures.
  • (4) North Korea has produced tons of propaganda films that portray America’s destruction.
  • (5) To which Salim replies: “But you do.” When such intimacy between two men can be broadcast to an audience of millions, we are shown that the ways of portraying gay sex can be reframed.
  • (6) Mulholland and others have tried to portray the Leeds case in terms of right or wrong.
  • (7) I think a long time ago television passed up movies in terms of a reasonable and balanced portrayal of gay characters.
  • (8) Or perhaps the "mad cow"-fuelled beef war in the late 1990s, when France maintained its ban on British beef for three long years after the rest of the EU had lifted it, prompting the Sun to publish a special edition in French portraying then president Jacques Chirac as a worm.
  • (9) Six major Saudi-led coalition attacks in Yemen in 2016 – timeline Read more Asked by the Guardian about the figures during a visit to London, the Saudi foreign minister, Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir, portrayed the Saudi air force as professional and armed with precision weapons.
  • (10) It is postulated that the cartoon serves to stabilize the more mutable portrayals of psychiatrists in other media.
  • (11) As Bradford University professor Paul Rogers told Jones, the bombing of Mali "will be portrayed as 'one more example of an assault on Islam'".
  • (12) The device reported in detail connects the subarachnoid space to an on-line data reducer that calculates the percentage time the intracranial pressure is in 16 pressure ranges of 5 mmHg each and portrays it on a histogram.
  • (13) Although the extra capital investment in schools is being portrayed as a reward for Gove for controlling his departmental budget, the government has little choice but to offer more cash due to the growing shortage of school places in the south-east caused by immigration and the baby boom.
  • (14) 3.46am BST Here's the instant response from Ewen MacAskill , at the scene of the debate-crime: Barack Obama staged a strong comeback in his second showdown with Mitt Romney, with the president describing his Republican opponent as "offensive" in suggesting he was playing politics over Benghazi and portraying him as more extreme than George W Bush on social issues such as women's rights.
  • (15) But if there's a piece you particularly enjoyed, or found interesting or useful, please add a comment below or tweet us: @GdnSocialCare At the start of the year, the BBC screened fly-on-the-wall documentary series Protecting Our Children , an authentic portrayal of the difficult decisions and situations social workers face every day.
  • (16) But he thinks the issue of parenting is more nuanced than the government has portrayed it.
  • (17) A new advert from department store BHS has prompted debate over the way it portrays working women.
  • (18) Following the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance's Hoax of Hollywood conference in Tehran this week, it has been reported that Iran may "sue Hollywood" over what it considers to be unrealistic portrayals of the country in several films.
  • (19) Further success for the small Covent Garden theatre came when rising star Eddie Redmayne won best supporting actor for his portrayal of Mark Rothko's put-upon assistant in Red.
  • (20) The two reformists Mr Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have sought to portray themselves as the true heirs of the Islamic revolution's spiritual leader, the late Ayatollah Khomeini, but this tactic has since worn thin and Khomeini's successor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stepped up his drive to paint Mousavi and Karroubi as western-run heretics.