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Embodied vs Embodiment - What's the difference?

embodied | embodiment |

As a verb embodied

is past tense of embody.

As a noun embodiment is

a physical entity typifying an abstraction.

embodied

English

Verb

(head)
  • (embody)

  • embody

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify
  • As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
  • * South
  • The soul, while it is embodied , can no more be divided from sin.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.}}
  • To include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole
  • The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.
    The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.

    Derived terms

    * disembody * embodiment

    embodiment

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia embodiment) (en noun)
  • a physical entity typifying an abstraction
  • You are the very embodiment of beauty.
  • * 1880 , W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe
  • The law is the true embodiment Of everything that's excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my Lords, embody the law.

    Synonyms

    * incarnation

    Derived terms

    * disembodiment