Analyze vs Estimate - What's the difference?
analyze | estimate |
To subject to analysis.
To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
A rough calculation or guess.
(construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably cost.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=3 To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
* {{quote-book, year=1965, author=Ian Hacking, title=Logic of Statistical Inference, passage=I estimate that I need 400 board feet of lumber to complete a job, and then order 350 because I do not want a surplus, or perhaps order 450 because I do not want to make any subsequent orders.
* '>citation
To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.
* John Locke
* J. C. Shairp
As verbs the difference between analyze and estimate
is that analyze is to subject to analysis while estimate is to calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.As a noun estimate is
a rough calculation or guess.analyze
English
Alternative forms
* analyse (Commonwealth except Canada)Verb
(analyz)Usage notes
* According to the third edition of (w, Fowler's Modern English Usage), both analyze'' and the British spelling ''analyse'' are equally indefensible from an etymological perspective. The correct but now impossible form should have been ''analysize .Derived terms
* analyzable, analysable * analyzability, analysability * analyzer, analyser * psychoanalyze, psychoanalyseestimate
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}
Synonyms
* estimation * appraisalDerived terms
* ballpark estimateVerb
citation
- It is by the weight of silver, and not the name of the piece, that men estimate commodities and exchange them.
- It is always very difficult to estimate the age in which you are living.