different between sample vs illustration

English

Etymology

From Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??m.p?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sæm.p?l/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /sæ?m.p?l/, /s??m.p?l/
• Rhymes: -??mp?l
• Rhymes: -æmp?l

Noun

sample (plural samples)

1. A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.

   a blood sample
2. (statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.

   Large samples are generally more reliable than small samples due to having less variability.
3. (cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
4. (business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
5. (music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
6. (obsolete) Example; pattern.

Synonyms

• specimen
• example

Hyponyms

• product sample

Translations

Verb

sample (third-person singular simple present samples, present participle sampling, simple past and past participle sampled)

1. (transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
2. (transitive, signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
3. (music, transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
4. (transitive, computer graphics) To make or show something similar to a sample.

Translations

Anagrams

• maples, psalme

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??pl/

Noun

sample m (plural samples)

1. (Louisiana, Cajun French) a sample

Spanish

Noun

sample m (plural samples)

1. (music) sample

English

Etymology

From Middle French illustration, from Latin ill?str?ti?, from ill?str? (“I illustrate”).Morphologically illustrate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l??st?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: il?lus?tra?tion

Noun

illustration (countable and uncountable, plural illustrations)

1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
3. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
4. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)

Translations

Descendants

• Japanese: ????

References

French

Etymology

From Latin ill?str?ti?, from ill?str? (“I illustrate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.lys.t?a.sj??/

Noun

illustration f (plural illustrations)

1. illustration
2. photo, picture

Related terms

• illustrer

Further reading

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