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Categorize vs Characterize - What's the difference?

categorize | characterize |

As verbs the difference between categorize and characterize

is that categorize is to assign a category; to divide into classes while characterize is to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative.

categorize

English

Alternative forms

* categorise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

(categoriz)
  • To assign a category; to divide into classes.
    • First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * category * categorisation * categorization

    characterize

    English

    (Characterization)

    Alternative forms

    * characterise

    Verb

    (characteriz)
  • to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)
  • to determine the characteristics of
  • * {{quote-book, passage=This glossary includes terminology used in coastal science, engineering, geology, management, nearshore oceanography and the technologies that characterize , measure, describe or quantify the physical properties, processes and changes of the coastal zone.
    • , title=Department of Ecology Publication No. 98-105 , chapter=Glossary of Coastal Terminology , author=Brian Voigt , year=1998 citation

    Derived terms

    * characterization

    External links

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