different between suggest vs elucidate

English

Etymology

Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of sugger? (“I carry or bring under, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”), from sub (“under”) + ger? (“I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??d??st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s?(?)?d??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

suggest (third-person singular simple present suggests, present participle suggesting, simple past and past participle suggested)

1. (transitive) To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
   • , Book II, Chapter III

     Some ideas […] are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.

2. To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).

3. (transitive) To mention something as an idea, typically in order to recommend it
4. (obsolete, transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

Usage notes

• (ask for without demanding) This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the form ending in -ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• The intended meaning can be signalized by conjugation. In the first and second senses, the indicative mood is used, and in the third sense, the subjunctive mood is used. “The researcher's work suggests that school is run differently.” means that the researcher's work indicates that school is run differently from another idea of how it is run, while “The researcher's work suggests that school (should) be run differently.” means that the researcher's work indicates that school ought be run differently from how it is actually run or from another idea of how it could be run. However, in informal British English, the indicative is often used for both meanings, and in all dialects, should can be left out even when the indicative and subjunctive look identical without it, possibly leading to ambiguity.

Synonyms

• (imply but stop short of saying explicitly): allude, hint, imply, insinuate, suggestion
• (ask for without demanding): propose
• See also Thesaurus:advise

Derived terms

• suggestion
• suggestive

Translations

See also

• Suggestion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ?l?cid?tus, perfect passive participle of ?l?cid? (“clarify”), from Latin ex- and l?cidus (“clear”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??lu?.s?.de??t/
• (US) enPR: ?-lo?o'-s?-d?t

Verb

elucidate (third-person singular simple present elucidates, present participle elucidating, simple past and past participle elucidated)

1. (transitive) To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.
   • 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, ch. 13:

     The business, however, though not perfectly elucidated by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle.

   • 1960, "Medicine: Unmasking the Brain," Time, 4 April:

     [P]hysicians at the annual meeting of the American Academy of General Practice were fascinated by a 3-ft. model showing the brain's components in 20 layers of translucent plastic, and wired for colored lights to elucidate some of its workings.

   • 2004, David Bernstein, “Philosophy Hitches a Ride With ‘The Sopranos’,” New York Times, 13 April (retrieved 19 Aug. 2009):

     The new Sopranos volume has 17 essays that examine the television show and elucidate concepts from classical philosophers, including Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Sun Tzu and Plato.

   Synonyms: explicate, illuminate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Verb

elucidate

1. second-person plural present indicative of elucidare
2. second-person plural imperative of elucidare

Participle

elucidate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of elucidare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?.lu?.ki?da?.te/, [e???u?k??d?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.lu.t??i?da.te/, [?lut??i?d???t??]

Verb

?l?cid?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?l?cid?