What's the difference between elucidate and extol?

Elucidate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Further studies are required to elucidate specific roles of the steroid-induced proteins in the effects of glucocorticoids on HTM and HS cells.
  • (2) To elucidate the mechanisms by which indomethacin lowers proteinuria, we studied 20 patients with the nephrotic syndrome.
  • (3) Its pathogenesis, still incompletely elucidated, involves the precipitation of immune complexes in the walls of the all vessels.
  • (4) The data shows a dissociation between ferritin synthesis, cellular accumulation and secretion for which the mechanisms have still to be elucidated.
  • (5) An attempt was made to elucidate possible participation of low molecular weight nuclear RNA's (LMWN RNA's) in the transcription process.
  • (6) Although lipopolysaccharides seem to play a significant role in the final assembly of the trimeric porins, the details of the targeting process still remain to be elucidated.
  • (7) This situation highlights the potential importance of molecules with different inheritance patterns in elucidating complex cases of reticulate evolution.
  • (8) Glucan (mol wt 3000) structure was elucidated by methylation and periodate oxidation techniques.
  • (9) The relative importance of each of these growth factors in the in vivo situation will have to be elucidated by future studies using specific receptor antagonists or neutralizing antibodies.
  • (10) Although numerous studies have documented the effects of the renal nerves on kidney function, the mechanisms involved in the diuresis have yet to be elucidated.
  • (11) While the precise function of the MIRP is not known, the availability of this protein in pure and biologically relevant quantities will allow further studies to elucidate its pathobiologic function.
  • (12) To elucidate the role of arterial baroreceptors in the acute regulation of arterial pressure in the conscious animal, arterial pressure was lowered and raised in intact, conscious dogs, and in dogs after bilateral section of both carotid sinus and aortic nerves (total arterial baroreceptor denervation, TABD).
  • (13) It appears that irrespective of the elucidation of the nature of the putative aetiological factor (presumed to be viral) in MS, the arrest and reversal of T cell-related events within the CNS in this devastating condition represent feasible goals and should remain a major target for some time to come.
  • (14) Interaction between aromatic diamidines (pentamidine, propamidine, and stilbamidine) and nucleic acids were studied to elucidate the mechanism underlying renal toxicity included by pentamidine in patients.
  • (15) Experiments elucidating the mechanism behind this effect are described.
  • (16) Until further elucidation of the causes of altered thiopental metabolism is available to identify patients more likely to have elevated concentrations of pentobarbital, monitoring of blood drug concentrations in patients receiving thiopental should include determination of both thiopental and pentobarbital concentrations.
  • (17) The constitutent fatty acids were elucidated by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to be beta-hydroxy isodecanoic acid, beta-hydroxy decanoic acid, beta-hydroxy isoundecanoic acid and beta-hydroxy anteisoundecanoic acid.
  • (18) The curiously double nature of the virgin in this tale, her purity versus her duplicity, seems unquestionably related to the infantile split mother, as elucidated by Klein--a connection explored in an earlier paper.
  • (19) We reviewed our experience with 245 thyroidectomies to define the spectrum of hypocalcemia, elucidate the mechanisms of hypocalcemia, and formulate a rational basis for its management.
  • (20) Effect of electroconvulsive shock (ECS) on central serotonin (5-HT) receptor function was studied in order to elucidate its antidepressive mechanism.

Extol


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.
  • (v. t.) To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Instead, most of the eulogies now being written in his memory are extolling him as a man of peace.
  • (2) State intervention was the right policy, but bankers and their shareholders should have been left to enjoy the downside of the free markets whose merits they had extolled for so long.
  • (3) He extolls the virtues of the new Star Trek movie(!)
  • (4) But he went further than just tolling its end: he extolled its demise.
  • (5) Only human strawman Ann Coulter could find any equivalency between extoling the virtues of one’s genitals and claiming someone else’s as yours to do with as you please – and in any case, that line (from Feeling Myself) was delivered by Nicki Minaj.
  • (6) This thread of social Christianity extolled a reconciliation of the church and the republic in the name of a third way between capitalism and socialism.
  • (7) He has a well known soft spot for Middlemarch, and spent a good chunk of a speech at Brighton College in May extolling the virtues of teaching Shakespeare, Dickens, Tennyson, Blake and Eliot to primary pupils.
  • (8) Superstars where they attended college, hopefuls suddenly find themselves in unusual situations – as lambs in the middle of an Indianapolis field, being poked, prodded, measured and assessed; then as masters and conquerors, listening to famous GMs and coaches playing salesmen and extolling the virtues of their organisation.
  • (9) After a year in which the sale of Channel 5 and All3Media (the biggest remaining UK-owned independent producer) to US media conglomerates has raised questions about the increasing American dominance of British commercial TV, Lee is perhaps unsurprisingly keen to extol the virtues of the industry’s ever closer transatlantic ties.
  • (10) There is even a section on the museum’s website extolling the virtues of sketching, summoning the wise words of Le Corbusier.
  • (11) I tell Specter how proudly Remnick told me of his triumph in the Hackathlon, and that I wondered afterwards what he meant by extolling such bare-faced bad writing.
  • (12) "The rash of public offices in our towns and cities says more about our desire to extol the brands of our organisations than it does about our commitment to better services for clients and citizens," he said.
  • (13) Therefore politicians like me, who think this could be the biggest idea for teaching for generations, may extol the virtues and possible roles of a potential professional body but cannot, however much we would like to, "pledge" to set one up, or anything about it or the roles it could perform as part of a manifesto.
  • (14) Mindfulness, the practice of sitting still and focusing on your breath and thoughts, has surged in popularity over the last few years, with a boom in apps, online courses, books and articles extolling its virtues.
  • (15) During a recent appearance on BBC's Question Time , Michael Gove, the secretary of state for education, extolled the importance of encouraging creativity in schools.
  • (16) I cringe when I hear our political leadership deliver yet another speech extolling a commitment to fighting extremism, yet in almost the time it takes to draw their next breath, go on to announce cuts to community services groups, the kind of organisations whose roles are vital in addressing the risk factors that leave one vulnerable to extremism.
  • (17) A straight couple extolled friends as models of evangelism, because they invited their son’s gay partner home for Christmas.
  • (18) China is meanwhile extolling the virtues of a free trade area in Asia Pacific .
  • (19) An honest republican ought to be prepared to extol the merits of the republican system.
  • (20) In vain, I try to extol the wonders of putting your cross in the requisite box.