different between delineate vs sculpture

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

From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculpt?ra (“sculpture”), from sculp? (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sk?lpt???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sk?lptj(?)?/, /?sk?lpt???/
• Hyphenation: sculp?ture

Noun

sculpture (usually uncountable, plural sculptures)

1. (countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).

   • There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.

2. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
3. (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.

Translations

Verb

sculpture (third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured)

1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
2. To represent something in sculpture.
3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.

Translations

Related terms

• sculpt
• sculptor
• sculptureless
• sculpturelike

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skyl.ty?/ (p is not pronounced)
• Homophone: sculptures

Noun

sculpture f (plural sculptures)

1. sculpture

Further reading

• “sculpture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• sculpteur

Latin

Participle

sculpt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of sculpt?rus