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Codifies vs Modifies - What's the difference?

codifies | modifies |

As verbs the difference between codifies and modifies

is that codifies is (codify) while modifies is .

codifies

English

Verb

(head)
  • (codify)
  • ----

    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

    modifies

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (modify)
  • ----

    modify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make partial changes to.
  • To be or become modified.
  • Synonyms

    * adapt, alter, amend, revamp, rework

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