What's the difference between depict and describe?

Depict


Definition:

  • (p. p.) Depicted.
  • (p. p.) Depicted.
  • (v. t.) To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.
  • (v. t.) To represent in words; to describe vividly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sequelae of chemo- and radiotherapy were only depicted by magnetic resonance imaging.
  • (2) Histochemical and immunocytochemical staining of the outgrowths with reagents that depict epithelial, myoepithelial, and lactating alveolar cells (peanut lectin alone, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to rat caseins) indicate similar cell compositions and arrangements for all outgrowths irrespective of their source; these are also similar to the mammary glands of the perphenazine-stimulated or lactating hosts.
  • (3) The planned development (october 1989) is also depicted.
  • (4) The authors' experience suggests the following as the optimal follow-up: a) CT examination over a 6-month postoperative period; b) yearly CT examinations and urography over 4 postoperative years; c) yearly US examination over the first 2 years after surgery, to depict renal pelvis dilatation.
  • (5) They have been interpreted to indicate pools of cholesterol in fast or slow equilibrium with serum and generally depicted as representing groups of tissues.
  • (6) In Experiment 1 subjects viewed a slide sequence depicting a traffic accident.
  • (7) The sequence is described and its performance assessed with regard to (a) depiction of in-plane flow, (b) fat suppression, and (c) venous saturation.
  • (8) An image depicting the British prime minister, David Cameron, is held by a protester during a rally at the former test drill site operated by Cuadrilla Resources in Balcombe.
  • (9) Repeating his conference speech , he said he’d step in to boost growth, which was weaker than many commentators had depicted.
  • (10) From Africa, the archbishop of Kenya warned "the devil has entered the church", while a few days before the ceremony Robinson received a postcard from England, depicting the high altar of Durham cathedral and bearing the message: "You fornicating, lecherous pig."
  • (11) Drawings by women alcoholics of the self, a murderer, the murderer's victim and victim's parent revealed conscious and unconscious identification with the depicted roles.
  • (12) The first eigenvector, when represented by grey scale maps depicting a pair of eyes, reveals that, as average threshold increases, the visual field rises and flattens, like an umbrella that, initially closed, is simultaneously opened and thrust upwards.
  • (13) Tier one comprises the nosological diagnosis, and tier two a detailed depiction of the component psychological dysfunctions.
  • (14) A regression equation is depicted, making it possible to identify a group at risk for a possible grave course of disease among patients with chronic glomerulonephritis.
  • (15) These are the first western depictions of our animals, and what they represent are the inception of the specific cultural politics which your nation forced on my continent, its land and its people with unhesitating colonial brutality.
  • (16) The depicted disorders were divided into 4 groups: the upper form of Duchenne-Erb--48 cases; the lower forms of Dejerine-Klumpke--27 cases; total forms--31 cases and bilateral forms--12 cases.
  • (17) Using image analysis, the growth on the plates was depicted as three-dimensional wire frame graphs.
  • (18) Inside, the tiles and the stained glass are said to be perfection, matched against murals that depict the inventions of the industrial revolution and the signing of the Magna Carta.
  • (19) Thus, BMIPP is surmised to be able to depict fatty acid metabolism in in vivo myocardial imaging.
  • (20) Correlation with x-ray angiography or surgery demonstrated the ability of MR angiography to accurately depict the status of runoff vessels.

Describe


Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
  • (v. i.) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
  • (2) All transplants were performed using standard techniques, the operation for the two groups differing only as described above.
  • (3) In January 2011, the Nobel peace prize laureate was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection .
  • (4) The taxonomic relationship of strains H4-14 and 25a with previously described Xanthobacter strains was studied by numerical classification.
  • (5) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
  • (6) The testing of other models and their failure to describe the kinetic observations are discussed.
  • (7) A group I subset (six animals), for which predominant cultivable microbiota was described, had a mean GI of 2.4.
  • (8) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
  • (9) Local embolism, vertebral distal-stump embolism, the dynamics of hemorrhagic infarction and embolus-in-transit are briefly described.
  • (10) This article describes a number of syndromes affecting the nail unit.
  • (11) King also described how representatives of every country at this month's G7 meeting in Canada seemed to be relying on an export-led recovery to revive their economies.
  • (12) Some commentators have described his ship, now facing more delays after a decade in development, as little more than a Heath Robinson machine.
  • (13) The small units described here could be inhibitory interneurons which convert the excitatory response of large units into inhibition.
  • (14) A disease in an IgD (lambda) plasmocytoma is described, where after therapy with Alkeran and prednisone a disappearance of all clinical and laboratory findings indicating an activity could be observed.
  • (15) These authors, therefore, conclude that this modified surgical approach is a viable alternative to the previously described procedures for resistant metatarsus adductus.
  • (16) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.
  • (17) Each profile is described by a simple sequence of band transitions (BT-sequence).
  • (18) After a discussion of the therapeutic relationship, several coping strategies which have been used successfully by many women are described and therapeutic applications are offered.
  • (19) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
  • (20) One rare case of blind-ending branch originating in the upper third of the ureter are described.