Emphasise vs Concentrate - What's the difference?
emphasise | concentrate |
(British)
(ambitransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense (qualifier, as opposed to 'dilute').
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
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, chapter=2 To focus one's thought or attention (on).
As verbs the difference between emphasise and concentrate
is that emphasise is (british) while concentrate is .emphasise
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(emphasis)Usage notes
The "s" spelling has co-existed with the "z" spelling for at least 150 years (Thackeray wrote emphasised ), and is becoming more common in the UK, with the "z" spelling gradually falling out of usage. British English formsconcentrate
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(concentrat)- to concentrate rays of light into a focus
- to concentrate the attention
- Let me concentrate !
- to concentrate acid by evaporation
- to concentrate by washing
- Population tends to concentrate in cities.
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