different between connotate vs detonate

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

Borrowed from Latin deton?, deton?tus. It meant "to stop thundering", e.g. as in weather (de- = "from", tonare = "to thunder"). The current English meaning seems to be a new formation in postclassical times.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?t?ne?t/

Verb

detonate (third-person singular simple present detonates, present participle detonating, simple past and past participle detonated)

1. (intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
2. (transitive) To cause to explode.

Synonyms

• blast
• discharge
• fulminate

Antonyms

• (with respect to speed of prorogation): deflagrate

Hypernyms

• combust

Related terms

• detonatable
• detonation
• detonator

Translations

Anagrams

• denotate

Ido

Adverb

detonate

1. adverbial present passive participle of detonar

Italian

Verb

detonate

1. second-person plural present indicative of detonare
2. second-person plural imperative of detonare

Verb

detonate f pl

1. feminine plural of detonato

Anagrams

• denotate

Latin

Verb

d?ton?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?ton?