Embodies vs Exemplify - What's the difference?
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(embody)
To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify
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To include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole
To show or illustrate by example.
To be an instance of or serve as an example.
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To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.
As verbs the difference between embodies and exemplify
is that embodies is (embody) while exemplify is to show or illustrate by example.embodies
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Verb
(head)embody
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Verb
(en-verb)- As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
- The soul, while it is embodied , can no more be divided from sin.
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- 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.