different between shown vs illustrate

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?n/
  • Rhymes: -??n
  • Homophone: shone (one pronunciation)
• (UK) IPA^(key): /????n/

Verb

shown

1. past participle of show

   I had shown him the report already.

   The report had already been shown to him.

Usage notes

• Garner's Modern American Usage favors shown over showed as past participle and claims it is mandatory for passives. In other forms of English shown is the only correct past participle.

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