different between delineate vs depaint

English

Etymology

From Latin d?l?ne?tus, past participle of d?l?neo (“to sketch out, to delineate”), from de- + l?nea (“line”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??l?ni?e?t/

Verb

delineate (third-person singular simple present delineates, present participle delineating, simple past and past participle delineated)

1. To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
2. To depict, represent with pictures.
3. To describe or depict with words or gestures.
4. To outline or mark out.

Synonyms

• (to mark the limits or boundaries): demark, demarcate, delimit

Derived terms

• delineation
• delineative
• delineator

Translations

Further reading

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

Italian

Verb

delineate

1. second-person plural present indicative of delineare
2. second-person plural imperative of delineare
3. feminine plural of delineato

Latin

Verb

d?l?ne?te

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

English

Etymology

de- +? paint

Verb

depaint (third-person singular simple present depaints, present participle depainting, simple past depainted, past participle depainted or (archaic, rare) depainten)

1. (archaic, transitive) To depict.

   Synonyms: paint, portray, delineate
2. (archaic, transitive) To depict in words; to describe graphically.
3. (archaic, transitive) To colour; to decorate with colours.
4. (archaic, transitive) To stain; to distain.
5. (transitive) To remove paint from.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “depaint”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• antidep, inadept, painted, pantied, patined, tenidap