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Amplify vs Optimize - What's the difference?

amplify | optimize |

In lang=en terms the difference between amplify and optimize

is that amplify is to increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current while optimize is to become optimal.

As verbs the difference between amplify and optimize

is that amplify is to render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc while optimize is (originally|intransitive) to act optimistically or as an optimist.

amplify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
  • (rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
  • * Dryden
  • Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
  • To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
  • optimize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * optimise (UK )

    Verb

    (optimiz)
  • (originally) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
  • To make (something) optimal.
  • To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
  • To become optimal.
  • Synonyms

    * (to make optimal) perfect * (to make more efficient) enhance, hone, improve, perfect