different between illustrative vs revealing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?s.t??.t?v/, /??.l??st?e?.t?v/

Adjective

illustrative

1. Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.

   This latest incident is illustrative of his continued bad behavior.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.lys.t?a.tiv/
• Homophone: illustratives

Adjective

illustrative

1. feminine singular of illustratif

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.lus.tra?ti.ve/

Adjective

illustrative

1. feminine plural of illustrativo

English

Etymology

From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???vi?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: re?veal?ing

Adjective

revealing (comparative more revealing, superlative most revealing)

1. Informative.

   a revealing analysis

2. Of clothing: allowing more than is usual to be seen.

   Her shirt is rather revealing.

Translations

Verb

revealing

1. present participle of reveal

Noun

revealing (plural revealings)

1. Something revealed; a revelation.
   • 1836, William Tait, Mrs. Christian Isobel Johnstone, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 113)

     In these letters, and the remembered conversations, we have fuller revealings of the inner man, greater depth of discovery into that vast and labyrinthine mind […]

Anagrams

• Graveline, laveering