What's the difference between decipher and interpret?

Decipher


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.
  • (v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.
  • (v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Outside of human resources matters, they cover changes to services; reconfiguration of services; deciphering all the rules and regulations so that people can do their jobs; interpreting the complicated rules around commissioning care; commercial deals; inquests and dealing with families; and supporting clinical staff in making the right decision in the best interest of the patient.
  • (2) To date, a disproportionate amount of effort may have been spent on deciphering putative intracellular regulatory mechanisms, without knowing some essential fundamental properties of the Na+-Pi-COT.
  • (3) Furthermore, the abundance of synaptic proteins makes the electrocyte a unique model with which to decipher the mechanisms involved in the sorting and targeting of these glycoproteins.
  • (4) The results of this study show that APB can be a powerful tool for pharmacologically deciphering the functional connections that exist between outer and inner retinal neurons.
  • (5) But one of the giants of DNA, James Watson, who won the Nobel prize for deciphering the structure of DNA in 1953, writes in the Guardian today: "To our vast relief, the publicly supported effort received not less but more money.
  • (6) Several features demonstrate that a unique class of ribosomes exists in this organism, and a study of these ribosomes will be important to decipher special features of translational regulation, and evolution of the organelle in the eukaryotic kingdom.
  • (7) Some previously unknown types of structural disorders in DNA molecule have been discovered, some repair genes isolated and their primary structure established, some aspects of radiation mutagenesis elucidated, and research into deciphering the molecular bases of neoplastic transformations of exposed cells are being successfully investigated.
  • (8) Reading through interpretation entails deciphering the text according to certain definite rules.
  • (9) To decipher the early events preceding the re-entry of somatic cells into the cell cycle, we constructed a cDNA library from 6-h-old protoplasts of Nicotiana sylvestris.
  • (10) By analyzing the synaptic relationships of such "darkened" dendrites, connections in the upper dorsal horn can be deciphered.
  • (11) Yet the headline piece of provocation was threaded in the visitors’ colours, and foreign media were quickly scrambling for the history books – and the dictionary – upon deciphering the word printed at the bottom of it.
  • (12) Another task was to decipher a number of metabolic signs of the phenomenon of CHD "exacerbation" in laser therapy (during 4-6 sessions).
  • (13) If you are not capable of being able to decipher between lobbying and fact, and if we are incapable of politicians to see both sides of the argument, then that's a fault that we have."
  • (14) 50% were unable to accurately explain to what the initials AIDS refer, and only 2 could decipher HIV+.
  • (15) PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT "A few years back you helped me decipher the logo of Paris Saint-Germain," writes Tom Haslam.
  • (16) The Na+, K+-ATPase isolation as a "functionally intact unit" would probably make an essential contribution to deciphering the molecular mechanism of the Na+ and K+ transport through biomembranes.
  • (17) Chicken prolactin receptor (cPRLR) deciphered from the cDNA sequence showed a unique double antenna structure in its extracellular domain.
  • (18) Many DNA sequences have been studied by X-ray crystallography with the goal of deciphering a sequence-structure code.
  • (19) (It's quite easy to decipher: Romanian looks like Esperanto.)
  • (20) Examination of the proteolytic processing and compartmentalization of the primary translation products of apolipoprotein mRNAs represents one approach to deciphering the molecular details of lipoprotein assembly.

Interpret


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.
  • (v. t.) To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.
  • (v. i.) To act as an interpreter.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some S-100 reactive cells previously interpreted as tumour cells were refound in a few tumours.
  • (2) In the past, the interpretation of the medical findings was hampered by a lack of knowledge of normal anatomy and genital flora in the nonabused prepubertal child.
  • (3) Several interpretations of the results are examined including the possibility that the effects of Valium use were short-lived rather than long-term and that Valium may have been taken in anticipation of anxiety rather than after its occurrence.
  • (4) In 1935, Einstein challenged the prevailing interpretation of quantum theory.
  • (5) One would expect banks to interpret this in a common sense and straightforward way without trying to circumvent it."
  • (6) We present a mathematical model that is suitable to reconcile this apparent contradiction in the interpretation of the epidemiological data: the observed parallel time series for the spread of AIDS in groups with different risk of infection can be realized by computer simulation, if one assumes that the outbreak of full-blown AIDS only occurs if HIV and a certain infectious coagent (cofactor) CO are present.
  • (7) This is interpreted to mean that the release of fructose from the central complex is faster than the isomerization of the E-NADH complex.
  • (8) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
  • (9) These results are interpreted in terms of the accessory binding site theory of Ariëns, and suggest the existence of different accessory binding sites on the Ascaris GABA receptor.
  • (10) Spontaneous reports of suspected adverse reactions may be the only way of revealing very rare events but they present great difficulties of rational interpretation.
  • (11) This is interpreted to be a consequence of the adsorption of Ca2+ on the vesicle bilayers.
  • (12) The presence of an inverse correlation between certain tryptophan metabolites, shown previously to be bladder carcinogens, and the N-nitrosamine content, especially after loading, was interpreted in view of the possible conversion of some tryptophan metabolites into N-nitrosamines either under endovesical conditions or during the execution of the colorimetric determination of these compounds.
  • (13) There are questions with regard to the interpretation of some of the newer content scales of the MMPI-2, whereas most clinicians feel comfortably familiar, even if not entirely satisfied, with the Wiggins Content Scales of the MMPI.
  • (14) The interpretation of the data is supported by studies on 15N- and 13C-enriched ferredoxin (Fd) from Anabaena 7120, where the 15N signals can be clearly correlated with the corresponding 14N signals and where the 13C signals are strongly enhanced.
  • (15) Technically speaking, this modality of brief psychotherapy is based on the nonuse of transferential interpretations, on impeding the regression od the patient, on facilitating a cognitice-affective development of his conflicts and thus obtain an internal object mutation which allows the transformation of the "past" into true history, and the "present" into vital perspectives.
  • (16) The pattern of results in simpler tasks is more difficult to interpret.
  • (17) In his notorious 1835 Minute on Education , Lord Macaulay articulated the classic reason for teaching English, but only to a small minority of Indians: “We must do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.” The language was taught to a few to serve as intermediaries between the rulers and the ruled.
  • (18) These findings suggest that development of standard ECG tables in which SMR and sex have been taken into account might enhance interpretation during adolescence.
  • (19) In this way complex interpretations can be made objective, so that they may be adequately tested.
  • (20) The results are relevant to the interpretation of biopsies from patients with chronic demyelinating neuropathy of possible inflammatory or autoimmune origin.