Elucubrate vs. Lucubrate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Elucubrate and Lucubrate
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Definitions
Elucubrate
To produce (a written work) by working long and diligently.
Lucubrate
To study or write in a scholarly fashion.
Elucubrate
To solve, write or compose by working studiously at night; to study.
Lucubrate
(rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
Elucubrate
See Lucubrate.
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Lucubrate
To work or write like a scholar.
Lucubrate
To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.
Lucubrate
To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.
Lucubrate
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation