Dematerialize vs Rematerialize - What's the difference?
dematerialize | rematerialize |
to disappear by becoming immaterial.
* 2002 , , Ogre, Ogre , page 9
to cause something to disappear by becoming immaterial.
* 2009 , Etson White, Revelation of God , page 161
to remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.)
* 2013 , Mike Friedrichsen, Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus, Handbook of Social Media Management
To reappear in material form, having previously dematerialized.
* 1995 , Margaret Simpson, Strange orbit (page 68)
To make material again; to restore physical form to.
In lang=en terms the difference between dematerialize and rematerialize
is that dematerialize is to remove the physical materials from (a process, etc) while rematerialize is to make material again; to restore physical form to.As verbs the difference between dematerialize and rematerialize
is that dematerialize is to disappear by becoming immaterial while rematerialize is to reappear in material form, having previously dematerialized.dematerialize
English
Alternative forms
* dematerialiseVerb
(dematerializ)- Nightmares were, after all, a type of demon; they could dematerialize in much the way Fiant did.
- Some magicians claim they can dematerialize their bodies and re-materialize them in a different location.
- Even though the book is still a difficult object to dematerialize and the paper books are not replaceable, the trend seems to be to prefer an e-book rather than a physical book
Synonyms
* (disappear) disappear, disintegrate, dissolve, vanishrematerialize
English
Verb
(rematerializ)- The spaceship was rematerializing around all of us.
