different between discover vs penetrate

English

Alternative forms

• discovre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoper?re < discooperi?, discooper?re, from Latin dis- + cooperi?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?v?/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?v?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k?v?/
• Rhymes: -?v?(?)
• Hyphenation: dis?cov?er

Verb

discover (third-person singular simple present discovers, present participle discovering, simple past and past participle discovered)

1. To find or learn something for the first time.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
3. (transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.

4. (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.

5. (law, transitive) To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
6. (transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity

     Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.

7. (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).

   • they seyde the same, and were aggreed that Sir Clegis, Sir Claryon, and Sir Clement the noble, that they sholde dyscover the woodys, bothe the dalys and the downys.

8. (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.
   • 1871, Charles John Smith}}, Synonyms Discriminated

     The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.

Synonyms

• (expose something previously covered): expose, reveal, uncover
• (find something for the first time): come across, find

Antonyms

• (expose something previously covered): conceal, cover, cover up, hide

Derived terms

• discovery
• discovered attack
• discovered check

Translations

See also

• invent
• detect
• find
• stumble upon

Anagrams

• codrives, discovre, divorces, divorcés

English

Etymology

From Latin pen?tr?tus, past participle of pen?tr? (“to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce, penetrate”), from penes (“within, with”) by analogy to intr? (“to go in, enter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n?t?e?t/
• Hyphenation: pen?e?trate

Verb

penetrate (third-person singular simple present penetrates, present participle penetrating, simple past and past participle penetrated)

1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
2. (figuratively) To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.

   • things which here were […] too subtile for us to penetrate

3. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
   • 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature

     The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style.
4. To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
5. To insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina or anus.

6. (chess) To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.

Derived terms

• penetration
• penetrable

Translations

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penet?rate/

Verb

penetrate

1. present adverbial passive participle of penetri

Italian

Verb

penetrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of penetrare
2. second-person plural imperative of penetrare
3. feminine plural of penetrato

Latin

Verb

penetr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of penetr?