Culminate vs Crystallize - What's the difference?
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(astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
To reach the (physical) summit, highest point, peak etc.
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To reach a climax; to come to the decisive point (especially as an end or conclusion).
To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
* 2010 , "By the skin of her teeth", The Economist , 7 Sep 2010:
(transitive, chemistry, physics) to make something form into crystals
to assume a crystalline form
to give something a definite or precise form
to take a definite form
to coat something with crystals, especially with sugar
In lang=en terms the difference between culminate and crystallize
is that culminate is to finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of while crystallize is to coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.As verbs the difference between culminate and crystallize
is that culminate is (astronomy) of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude while crystallize is (transitive|chemistry|physics) to make something form into crystals.culminate
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Verb
(culminat)- As when his beams at noon / Culminate from the equator.
- The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
- The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating .
- Their messy breakup culminated in a restraining order.
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Mr. Bush has been marking the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11 with a series of speeches about terrorism that culminated with his televised address last night.
- The class will culminate with a rigorous examination.
- The announcement by Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott in Canberra culminated more than a fortnight of intensive political horse-trading.
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Alternative forms
* crystalize * (non-Oxford British spelling) crystallise, crystaliseVerb
(crystalliz)- I crystallized the copper sulphate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.
- The copper sulphate crystallized from solution.
- After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper.
- My ideas crystallized overnight.
- We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar.