Eliminate vs Objectify - What's the difference?
eliminate | objectify |
(slang) To kill (a person or animal).
(physiology) To excrete (waste products).
To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
(accounting) To record amounts in a to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses
* 1906 : Jack London, White Fang
to treat as something objectively real
* 1921 : Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow
to treat as a mere object and deny the dignity of
* 1999 : Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 3.04)
As verbs the difference between eliminate and objectify
is that eliminate isto completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists
while objectify is to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses. eliminate
English
Verb
(eliminat)To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
- Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
- John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
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Synonyms
* See also * abrogate * abolishSynonyms
* give the chop to * give the boot to * give the sack to * give the walking papers to * vote offExternal links
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objectify
English
Verb
(en-verb)- It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him.
- The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology.
- The entire notion of cheerleading is just a sexist attempt to try to objectify the female body.