describe vs write

describe and write both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
describe	No	No	Yes	No
write	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, write is a hyponym of describe; that is, write is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than describe:

Other hyponyms of describe include construct, inscribe, circumscribe, circumscribe.

describe (verb)	write (verb)
identify as in botany or biology, for example	communicate or express by writing
give a description of	record data on a computer
to give an account or representation of in words	contact in writing
make a mark or lines on a surface	produce a literary work
	mark or trace words or symbols on a surface
	write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
	write music
	create code, write a computer program