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construe vs elicit

elicit vs construe

construe and elicit both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
construe No No Yes No
elicit No No Yes No
As verbs, elicit is a hyponym of construe; that is, elicit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than construe:
  • construe: make sense of; assign a meaning to
  • elicit: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Other hyponyms of construe include be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand, read between the lines, mythicise, mythicize, literalise, literalize, spiritualise, spiritualize, reinterpret, allegorise, allegorize, read, take, read, read, scan, draw out, educe, evoke, extract.
construe (verb) elicit (verb)
make sense of; assign a meaning to derive by reason
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Difference between construe and elicit

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