different between typify vs illustrate

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

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