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Conceptualize vs Characterize - What's the difference?

conceptualize | characterize |

As verbs the difference between conceptualize and characterize

is that conceptualize is to interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept while characterize is to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).

conceptualize

English

Alternative forms

* conceptualise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

(conceptualiz)
  • To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept
  • To conceive the idea for something

    • 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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