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Inactivate vs Activate - What's the difference?

inactivate | activate |

As verbs the difference between inactivate and activate

is that inactivate is to make inactive while activate is to put into action, to put to work.

inactivate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make inactive.

    • References

    "'Computer inactivated, Crawford reported. 'I get nothing at all.'" - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, ''The Mote in God's Eye , 1974

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    activate

    English

    Verb

    (activat)
  • To put into action, to put to work.
  • To turn on.

    • Synonyms

    * actuate

    Antonyms

    * deactivate

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    * English ergative verbs