different between disclose vs communicate

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.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comm?nic?tus, perfect passive participle of comm?nic? (“share, impart; make common”), from comm?nis (“common”). Doublet of commune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??mju?n?ke?t/
• Hyphenation: com?mu?ni?cate

Verb

communicate (third-person singular simple present communicates, present participle communicating, simple past and past participle communicated)

1. To impart
   1. (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]

      It is vital that I communicate this information to you.

   2. (transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of. [from 16th c.]

      to communicate motion by means of a crank

      • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper

        Where God is worshipped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences.

   3. (transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc. [from 17th c.]

      The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.

2. To share
   1. (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th-19th c.]

      We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.

      • 1603, Ben Jonson, Sejanus His Fall

        thousands that communicate our loss

   2. (intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. [from 16th c.]
      • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 148:

        The ‘better sort’ might communicate on a separate day; and in some parishes even the quality of the communion wine varied with the social quality of the recipients.

   3. (transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone). [from 16th c.]
      • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper

        She [the church] […] may communicate him.

   4. (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]

      Many deaf people communicate with sign language.

      I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.

   5. (intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel. [from 16th c.]

      The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:communicate

Related terms

• communication
• communicator
• excommunicate
• communion

Translations

Latin

Verb

comm?nic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of comm?nic?