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Classify vs Codify - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between classify and codify

is that classify is to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize while codify is to reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

classify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
  • to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * (to declare a secret) declassify

    See also

    * arrange * distribute * rank

    codify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
  • :
  • To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
  • *
  • *:The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?;. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “?near-aissance.”
  • Derived terms

    * codifiability * codification * codifier