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ascertain vs translate

translate vs ascertain

ascertain and translate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ascertain No No Yes No
translate No No Yes No
As verbs, translate is a hyponym of ascertain; that is, translate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ascertain:
  • ascertain: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
  • translate: determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
Other hyponyms of ascertain include gauge, rectify, redetermine, sequence, refract, count, enumerate, number, numerate, admeasure, locate, situate.
ascertain (verb) translate (verb)
be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
learn or discover with certainty change from one form or medium into another
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort make sense of a language
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study restate (words) from one language into another language
determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
express, as in simple and less technical language
bring to a certain spiritual state
subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
be equivalent in effect
Difference between ascertain and translate

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