Difference between Articulate and Formulate

What is the difference between Articulate and Formulate?

Articulate as a verb is to make clear or effective. while Formulate as a verb is to reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

Articulate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: clear, effective especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make clear or effective. To speak clearly; to enunciate. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend. to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc. to form a joint or connect by joints

Example sentence: Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.

Formulate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

We hope you now know whether to use Articulate or Formulate in your sentence.

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