different between correlate vs represent

English

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k???le?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?k???le?t/, /?k???le?t/
• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k???l?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?k???l?t/, /?k???l?t/

Verb

correlate (third-person singular simple present correlates, present participle correlating, simple past and past participle correlated)

1. (transitive) To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics
2. (intransitive) To be related by a correlation
   • 1871, Edward Burnett Tylor, Primitive Culture

     Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice.

Translations

Noun

correlate (plural correlates)

1. Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative.

Anagrams

• coral tree

Italian

Verb

correlate

1. second-person plural present indicative of correlare
2. second-person plural imperative of correlare
3. feminine plural of correlato

English

Etymology 1

From Old French représenter, from Latin repraesent?.

Alternative forms

• repræsent (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??p.??.?z?nt/

Verb

represent (third-person singular simple present represents, present participle representing, simple past and past participle represented)

1. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
2. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate

3. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of

   Synonym: play

4. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of

5. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)

6. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of

7. (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
8. (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of
9. (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
10. (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
11. (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
12. (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member
13. (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
    • 1999, Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg, Still D.R.E.

      I'm representing for the gangsters all across the world.

      Still hitting them corners in them low lows girl.

Synonyms

• (to constitute): form, make up; see also Thesaurus:compose

Derived terms

• under-represent, underrepresent

Related terms

• representability
• representable
• representation
• representative

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? present.

Alternative forms

• re-present

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i(?).p??.?z?nt/

Verb

represent (third-person singular simple present represents, present participle representing, simple past and past participle represented)

1. (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention.

Related terms

• representation

Further reading

• represent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• represent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• represent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• presenter, repenters