different between connotate vs denotate

English

Etymology

Latin con- + notatus, past participle of notare (“to mark”). Compare connote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n?te?t/

Verb

connotate (third-person singular simple present connotates, present participle connotating, simple past and past participle connotated)

1. To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional or representative; to imply.
   • 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Lees of Happiness Chapter 3

     George stared at her curiously. To his mind the word rompers connotated a garment extraneously smeared, as this one.

   • 1965, Herman Lawrence Zillmer, A Study of the Use of the Symbol in the Dramatic Aesthetics ...

     A symbol, for Claudel, was a word, a picture, or an action which connotates a higher meaning.

Related terms

• connotation
• connotative

References

• connotate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Verb

connotate

1. second-person plural present indicative of connotare
2. second-person plural imperative of connotare
3. feminine plural of connotato

Anagrams

• cotonante

English

Etymology

Latin denotatus (“marked”), past participle of denoto (“I mark, I observe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?n??te?t/

Verb

denotate (third-person singular simple present denotates, present participle denotating, simple past and past participle denotated)

1. (archaic) To mark off; to denote.

   • These terms […] denotate a longer time.

References

denotate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• detonate

Italian

Verb

denotate

1. second-person plural present indicative of denotare
2. second-person plural imperative of denotare
3. feminine plural of denotato

Anagrams

• detonate

Latin

Verb

d?not?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?not?