different between denote vs disclose

English

Etymology

From Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare, from de- (“complete”) and notare (“to mark out”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??n??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??no?t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

denote (third-person singular simple present denotes, present participle denoting, simple past and past participle denoted)

1. (transitive) To indicate; to mark.

2. (transitive) To make overt. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as meaning.

Derived terms

• denotation
• denotative

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

denote

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of denotar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of denotar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of denotar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of denotar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?note/, [d?e?no.t?e]

Verb

denote

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of denotar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of denotar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of denotar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of denotar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?kl??z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Verb

disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
2. (transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.

   Synonyms: reveal, unveil

   • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c

     The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.

   • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 13:

     Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.

3. (transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.

   Synonyms: reveal, unveil, divulge, publish, impart

   • If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.

Synonyms

• (to expose to the knowledge of others): bring to light, expose, reveal; See also Thesaurus:divulge
• (to make known, state openly): impart, make known, publish; See also Thesaurus:announce

Antonyms

• cover up
• withhold

Derived terms

• discloser

Related terms

• disclosure

Translations

Noun

disclose (plural discloses)

1. (obsolete) A disclosure.