Enacted vs Embodied - What's the difference?
enacted | embodied |
(enact)
(legal) to make (a bill) into law
to act the part of; to play
* Shakespeare
to do; to effect
* Shakespeare
(embody)
To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify
* South
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, 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
As verbs the difference between enacted and embodied
is that enacted is (enact) while embodied is (embody).enacted
English
Verb
(head)enact
English
Verb
(en verb)- I did enact Julius Caesar.
- The king enacts more wonders than a man.
Derived terms
* enactability * enactable * enactably * enaction * enactorembodied
English
Verb
(head)embody
English
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.
citation
- 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.