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Concretize vs Definitize - What's the difference?

concretize | definitize |

As verbs the difference between concretize and definitize

is that concretize is to make substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example while definitize is to make (a contract, plan, or the like) definite.

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

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    definitize

    English

    Verb

  • To make (a contract, plan, or the like) definite.