What's the difference between depict and specify?

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.

Specify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The present study was therefore carried out to specify further which type of adrenoceptor is involved in lithium-induced hyperglycaemia and inhibition of insulin secretion.
  • (2) The mboIIR gene specifies a protein of 416 amino acids (MW: 48,617) while the mboIIM gene codes for a putative 260-residue polypeptide (MW: 30,077).
  • (3) The specified region of the inner E2 core domain was highly homologous to the region of the E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase.
  • (4) After a review of the technical development and application of staplers from their introduction to the present day, the indications to the use of this instrument in all gastroenterological areas from the oesophagus to the rectum as well as in chest, gynaecological and urological surgery specified.
  • (5) The gacA gene specifies a trans-active 24-kDa protein.
  • (6) The flow of a specified concentration of test gas exits from the mixing board, enters a distributing tube, and is then distributed equally to 12 chamber tubes housing one mouse each.
  • (7) FBI assistant director David Bowdich said that Syed Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 27, were radicalized long before they went on a rampage at a community center in southern California last Wednesday, but would not specify whether he meant months or years.
  • (8) One abutment was used to evaluate each of nine oral hygiene instrumentation methods used for specified lengths of time or instrument strokes.
  • (9) The ordering may also serve as a simple format for specifying corticostriatal connections in development.
  • (10) Cessation of coital activity was associated with specified types of stress between 65 and 70 years of age in the subgroup of men who had stopped due to inability; six out of eight reported stress against five out of 20 in the C group, P less than 0.05.
  • (11) Eight bibliographic control elements are defined, and the criteria for evaluating the occurrence of these elements in sixty-four sample catalogs are specified.
  • (12) A total of 5319 cases of primary cancer in childhood were followed until patient death or the end of 1980, and the number of secondary tumors were observed, specifying on diagnosis, age, sex, and time since first tumor diagnosis.
  • (13) These design methods are suited for constructing the most efficient gradient coil that meets a specified homogeneity requirement.
  • (14) We found a 258-nucleotide 5' leader sequence containing three short open reading frames followed by a sequence specifying a protein of 437 amino acids.
  • (15) Responses in the presence of each terminal-link stimulus produced equal frequencies of food reinforcement, but in the presence of one of the stimuli, food depended upon the emission of a response rate either higher or lower than a specified value (differential reinforcement of rates).
  • (16) A formal notion of relatability is defined, specifying which physically given edges leading into discontinuities can be connected to others by interpolated edges.
  • (17) These bounds require an investigator to specify a range of possible concordances for the times to occurrences of the competing risks.
  • (18) Consistent with the convergence hypothesis, only those sites that specify amino acids in the mature lysozyme are shared uniquely with ruminant lysozyme genes.
  • (19) The level of competency in the diagnosis and treatment of common and emergency disorders needed by nonophthalmologists is assessed and then translated into explicit objectives that specify the levels of mastery to be learned.
  • (20) Specified cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of coal dust extract (mixture of solvent extractions of bituminous coal nitrosated by NaNO2) were investigated because of the association of an excess risk of gastric cancer in coal miners.