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Concretize vs Cement - What's the difference?

concretize | cement |

In transitive terms the difference between concretize and cement

is that concretize is to make substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example while cement is to overlay or coat with cement.

As a noun cement is

a powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water.

concretize

English

Alternative forms

* concretise

Verb

  • To make substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.
  • * 1962 , , "How Some Speak and Yet Do Not Speak of God," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , vol. 23, no. 2, p. 275,
    • An essence exists if and only if it is actualized or concretized somehow , in some concrete form.
  • * 1999 , Sherry D. Akins, "Vital Signs: Teaching and Grieving," The American Journal of Nursing , vol. 99, no. 8, p. 88,
    • But Ms. Yauger's death concretized these abstract discussions and theories.
  • * 2003 , Larry Alexander, "Is Judicial Review Democratic? A Comment on Harel," Law and Philosophy , vol. 22, no. 3-4, p. 280,
    • Rights in this way stem from social conventions that concretize and shape the values that underlie them.

    Related terms

    * concretization/concretisation

    Anagrams

    * ----

    cement

    English

    (wikipedia cement)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

  • (label) A powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water.
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
  • (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water.
  • (label) Any material with strong adhesive properties.
  • (label) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
  • (label) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

    • Derived terms

    * Keene's cement * masonry cement * Portland cement

    See also

    * concrete

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To affix with cement.
  • To overlay or coat with cement.
    • to cement a cellar bottom
  • (figurative) To unite firmly or closely.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (figuratively) To make permanent.
  • * "But friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit;" David Hume, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=704&chapter=137514&layout=html&Itemid=27