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Economize vs Rationalize - What's the difference?

economize | rationalize |

As verbs the difference between economize and rationalize

is that economize is to practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance) while rationalize is to make something rational or more rational.

economize

English

Alternative forms

* economise (UK) * (obsolete) * (archaic)

Verb

(economiz)
  • To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).
  • To be frugal.
  • Derived terms

    * economization * economizer

    rationalize

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (UK et al)

    Verb

    (rationaliz)
  • To make something rational or more rational.
  • To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”
  • (mathematics) To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
  • To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles.
  • Derived terms

    * (l), (l)

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