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Contextualize vs Conceptualize - What's the difference?

contextualize | conceptualize |

As verbs the difference between contextualize and conceptualize

is that contextualize is to place something or someone in a particular context while conceptualize is to interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.

contextualize

English

Alternative forms

*contextualise

Verb

(contextualiz)
  • To place something or someone in a particular context.

    • Derived terms

    *contextualization *contextualizer *decontextualize *recontextualize

    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