Adumbrate vs. Delineate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Adumbrate and Delineate
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Definitions
Adumbrate
Represent in outline
Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state
Delineate
To draw or depict
"In black and white wash, he delineated the gnarled roots of a tree" (Sally Holmes Holtze).
Adumbrate
Foreshadow (a future event)
Tenors solemnly adumbrate the fate of the convicted sinner
Delineate
To describe or characterize in words
"the specter of the bored and isolated housewife, which Friedan delineated so brilliantly" (Mary V. Dearborn).
Adumbrate
Overshadow
Her happy reminiscences were adumbrated by consciousness of something else
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Delineate
To mark, form, or show the outline or border of
The police delineated the crime scene with yellow tape. A hedge delineates one plot of land from the other.
Adumbrate
To give a sketchy outline of.
Delineate
To establish the position of (a border)
The treaty delineates the border between Spanish and American territory.
Adumbrate
To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.
Delineate
To show or contain a distinguishing characteristic of; distinguish
"The first game ... delineated the differences between the two teams" (Stuart Miller).
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Adumbrate
To disclose partially or guardedly.
Delineate
To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
Adumbrate
To overshadow; shadow or obscure.
Delineate
To depict, represent with pictures.
Adumbrate
To foreshadow vaguely.
Delineate
To describe or depict with words or gestures.
Adumbrate
To give a vague outline.
Delineate
To outline or mark out.
Adumbrate
To obscure or overshadow.
Delineate
Delineated; portrayed.
Adumbrate
To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated.
Delineate
To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.
Adventurous to delineate nature's form.
Adumbrate
To overshadow; to shade.
Delineate
To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy.
Adumbrate
Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of;
Sketch the outline of the book
Outline his ideas
Delineate
Delineate the form or outline of;
The tree was clearly defined by the light
The camera could define the smallest object
Adumbrate
Give to understand;
I insinuated that I did not like his wife
Delineate
Determine the essential quality of
Delineate
Trace the shape of
Delineate
Make a mark or lines on a surface;
Draw a line
Trace the outline of a figure in the sand
Delineate
Describe in vivid detail
Delineate
Represented accurately or precisely
