different between typify vs demonstrate

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?t?p?fa?/

Verb

typify (third-person singular simple present typifies, present participle typifying, simple past and past participle typified)

1. (transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.

   His attitude typifies the attitude of young people today.

2. (transitive) To portray stereotypically.

   The angry captain typified all new sailors as incompetent.

3. (transitive, sciences) To serve as a typical or reference specimen of.

   The chosen specimen typifies plants belonging to that species.

Related terms

• type
• typical
• typically
• typification

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?monstr?, d?monstr?tus (“I show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?nst?e?t/

Verb

demonstrate (third-person singular simple present demonstrates, present participle demonstrating, simple past and past participle demonstrated)

1. (transitive) to show how to use (something).
   • 1987, February 8, Richard Zachs, "Candy is dandy (though maybe not liquor) - so for this Valentine's Day, video may be a whole lot more fun", The New York Daily News

     In this tape, a velvet-voiced narrator provides a stroke-by-stroke guide to massaging your partner. As she speaks, comely nude couples demonstrate.

2. to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
3. (intransitive) to participate in or organize a demonstration.

4. (transitive) to show, display, or present; to prove or make evident

Conjugation

Related terms

Translations

See also

• show
• prove

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /demons?trate/
• Rhymes: -ate

Noun

demonstrate

1. present adverbial passive participle of demonstri

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?monstrate/

Verb

demonstrate

1. adverbial present passive participle of demonstrar

Latin

Verb

d?m?nstr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?m?nstr?

Participle

d?m?nstr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of d?m?nstr?tus