different between illustrate vs sculpture

English

Etymology

Back-formation from illustration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.??st?e?t/, /?.?l?s.t?e?t/
• (/??l.j?s?t?e?t/)

Verb

illustrate (third-person singular simple present illustrates, present participle illustrating, simple past and past participle illustrated)

1. (obsolete) To shed light upon.

   Synonyms: illuminate; see also Thesaurus:illuminate
2. (figuratively) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

3. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.

4. (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.

   Synonym: glorify

See also

• shed light upon

Translations

References

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

Italian

Adjective

illustrate f pl

1. feminine plural of illustrato

Verb

illustrate

1. second-person plural present of illustrare
2. second-person plural imperative of illustrare
3. feminine plural past participle of illustrare

Latin

Participle

ill?str?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ill?str?tus

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