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    Difference of meaning between выражать и высказать

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    express an idea?

    is there a shade of meaning between them

    выражать // выразить

    высказывать // высказать

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    If "express an idea", then there's no difference. However, if you выражаешь идею, it means you make it put this way or another, and when you высказываешь идею, you just say something occured to you.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    You are making it more complicated than it is, Rtyom

    Here's what Mr Ozhegov thinks:


    высказать = to express something in words

    выразить = to express something anyhow (in words, by your angry face, by some gesture, by your manners, by screaming etc.)
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    Simple translation would help:

    Высказывать - to speak out
    (Prefix Вы (out) + сказывать - to speak)
    Выражать - to express
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vadim84
    You are making it more complicated than it is, Rtyom

    Here's what Mr Ozhegov thinks:


    высказать = to express something in words

    выразить = to express something anyhow (in words, by your angry face, by some gesture, by your manners, by screaming etc.)
    I applied it to ideas.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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