Modification vs Describe - What's the difference?
modification | describe |
the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
an alteration or adjustment to something
* Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
* Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications : he got a tan.
(linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
* The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow" .
(linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am'' => '' 'm'' in ''I'm )
(label) To represent in words.
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(label) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
* 1826 , (James Fenimore Cooper), (The Last of the Mohicans)
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
To reveal a new species by scientifically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
(label) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
* Bible, (w) xviii. 9
As a noun modification
is the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.As a verb describe is
(label) to represent in words.modification
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(describ)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
- Uncas described an arc in the water with his own blade, and as the canoe passed swiftly on, Chingachgook recovered his paddle, and flourishing it on high, he gave the war-whoop of the Mohicans.
- Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.